Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne

Hike Name: Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne Location: central CA Length: 30 Submitted by: Rich Bauer Date Submitted: 0/0/00 Rating:	more California trail reviews California national parks California state parks
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Description
Start at Tuolumne Meadows (8600 ft.). Take Glen Aulin trail and continue down the Tuolumne River into the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. Spectacular soaring granite walls surround you as you pass several water falls. At Pate Valley (4300 ft. and a couple of miles short of the Hetch Hetchy reservoir) follow the trail south and up 3700 ft out of the canyon to White Wolf. September is a good time to go as Pate Valley is not too hot and the mosquitos have dissapated. However, the waterfalls will be more impressive earlier in the season. The hike can be done in three days (brutal) or four days (strenuous). The direction can be reversed, but the long and very steep descent from White Wolf the first day would be pretty hard on the knees.

Directions to Hike
Take Hwy 120 to Yosemite. Leave a car at White Wolf lodge and proceed on Hwy 120 toward Tioga Pass to Tuolumne Meadows (or check the availablity of YARTS - Yosemite Area Regional Transit System - for bus between White Wolf and Tuolumne Meadows).

Contact Information
http://www.nps.gov/archive/yose/wilderness/index2.htm

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