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Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite National Park includes concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps for twenty-four short hikes on well-defined trails through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.
Featuring:
Half-hour strolls to full-day adventures
Hikes for everyone, including families
All hikes accessible from paved roads
Synopsis
S
ampling twenty-four of the most scenic and least physically challenging trails within the park, this guide features spectacular hikes accessible by paved road, and all are easy to find. This indispensable guide provides accurate hike descriptions, easy-to-follow maps, and concise trail information for the author's favorite trails. With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, it has something for everyone.
About the Author
Suzanne Swedo, director of W.I.L.D., teaches wilderness survival and natural sciences at universities, museums, and organizations such as Yosemite Association and the Sierra Club. She has backpacked the mountains of every continent and led groups into the wilderness for over twenty-five years. Her books include
Wilderness Survival,
Hiking California's Golden Trout Wilderness,
Hiking Yosemite National Park, and
Adventure Travel Tips (Falcon). She lives in Van Nuys, California.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Trails in Yosemite Valley
1. East Valley Floor
2. Happy Isles to Vernal Fall
3. Mirror Lake
4. Lower Yosemite Fall
5. Bridalveil Fall
Wawona Road Trails
6. Mariposa Grove
7. Wawona Meadow
8. Chilnualna Fall
Glacier Point Road Trails
9. Glacier Point
10. Illilouette Fall
11. Sentinel Dome
12. Taft Point and the Fissures
13. McGurk Meadow
Tioga Road Trails
14. Tuolumne Grove
15. Lukens Lake
16. May Lake
17. Olmstead Point Nature Trail
18. Tenaya Lake
Tulumne Meadows Trails
19. Pothole Dome
20. Dog Lake
21. Lembert Dome
22. Soda Springs and Parsons Lodge
23. Lyell Fork
Hetch Hetchy Trail
24. Wapama Falls