September Hike Questions
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:18 pm
I'm newly registered to the forum but I've been reading all of the great information posted.
I am planning a 4 day 3 night hike with my son beginning September 22nd. We applied and received our permit to start at Cathedral Lakes and end in Yosemite Valley. Our permit includes Half Dome.
Last year was our first trip to Yosemite and we did a day hike from Sunrise Lakes TH to Clouds Rest. That was a fantastic hike which got us interested in a multi-day back country hike. We figured we needed to include HD as we wanted to hike it on the last trip but ended up doing CR due to our inability to get a permit.
I have a few questions:
1. We plan to camp near the base of HD on our second night so we can start first thing in the AM. Is LYV the best place to do this?
2. I'm curious on what we should plan to do with our gear if we are day hiking to the top of HD? Do most take everything up with them or can you safely leave your stuff at the base without someone walking off with it.
3. Once down from HD, where is a recommended camp spot. In our plan, we have a shorter route that has us staying in LYV on night three before the hike down to YV. The longer route (depending on how we feel) has us camping night 3 near Illilouette Creek then down to YV via Four Mile Trail.
The one thing I haven't been able to plan is how we get to our vehicle. We would prefer to park in YV and get a ride to Tuolumne Meadows but the Yarts bus only runs on weekends in September. Unless there are other suggestions, it appears our only option would be to park in Tuolumne and take the bus from YV back since we will end on a Sunday when the bus is running.
Any help/comments will be appreciated.
I am planning a 4 day 3 night hike with my son beginning September 22nd. We applied and received our permit to start at Cathedral Lakes and end in Yosemite Valley. Our permit includes Half Dome.
Last year was our first trip to Yosemite and we did a day hike from Sunrise Lakes TH to Clouds Rest. That was a fantastic hike which got us interested in a multi-day back country hike. We figured we needed to include HD as we wanted to hike it on the last trip but ended up doing CR due to our inability to get a permit.
I have a few questions:
1. We plan to camp near the base of HD on our second night so we can start first thing in the AM. Is LYV the best place to do this?
2. I'm curious on what we should plan to do with our gear if we are day hiking to the top of HD? Do most take everything up with them or can you safely leave your stuff at the base without someone walking off with it.
3. Once down from HD, where is a recommended camp spot. In our plan, we have a shorter route that has us staying in LYV on night three before the hike down to YV. The longer route (depending on how we feel) has us camping night 3 near Illilouette Creek then down to YV via Four Mile Trail.
The one thing I haven't been able to plan is how we get to our vehicle. We would prefer to park in YV and get a ride to Tuolumne Meadows but the Yarts bus only runs on weekends in September. Unless there are other suggestions, it appears our only option would be to park in Tuolumne and take the bus from YV back since we will end on a Sunday when the bus is running.
Any help/comments will be appreciated.