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Here are some photos of my trip. Backpacked up to Dewey, Crocker and Sanford Point, camped on Sanford Point. Next day returned to Valley and hiked the valley floor loop from the backpackers campground to El Cap Meadows and back. Third day hiked to top of Yosemite Falls.
Dewey Point
Crocker Point
Sanford Point
Swinging Bridge
El Capitan
Half Dome and up valley view
Upper Yosemite Falls
Glacier Point road and Tioga road open toady- neither was open when I was there. Backpacker's campground was open, nearly empty. Four Mile Trail was not officially open but free of snow - probably open now. Yosemite Falls and Bridalveil are past peak flows. Not sure about the Merced. In the Valley it is fluctuating about a foot during the day. Still WAY below what it was last year this time. The walkway under the bridge at North Pines Campground is above water level. There is no flooding in the Valley at all.
Thank you for the great pictures! Where is the snow?
Professional Sierra Landscape Photographer
I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member:http://reconn.org
I just figured out how to load full size pictures from the new Photobucket, so here are the two of Yosemite Falls photos that got the bottoms cut off when I posted the trip report.