| Destination/Trail | Starting Point | Distance | Elevation Gain/Difficulty |
Approximate Hiking TIme |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridalveil Fall | Bridalveil Fall Parking Area | 1/2 mile round trip | Easy | 20 minutes round trip | |
| Happy Isles (Temporarily Closed) |
Happy Isles Nature Center Shuttle Stop #16 | Approximately 1/2 mile round trip | Easy | 20 minutes round trip | |
| Mirror Lake/Meadow | Mirror Lake/Meadow Shuttle Stop #17 | 1 mile to lake/meadow 3 miles around lake/meadow |
Easy | 1/2 hour to lake 2 hours around lake/meadow |
|
| Lower Yosemite Fall | Yosemite Falls Shuttle Stop #7 | 1/2 mile round trip | Easy | 20 minutes round trip | |
| Upper Yosemite Fall Trail | |||||
| Columbia Rock | Sunnyside Campground, Shuttle Stop #8 | 2 miles round trip | Strenuous 1000' elevation gain |
1 to 3 hours round trip | Check conditions at Visitor Center in winter |
| Top of Fall | 7.2 miles round trip | Very Strenuous 2700' elevation gain |
6 to 8 hours round trip | ||
| Mist Trail or John Muir Trail | |||||
| Vernal Fall | Happy Isles, Shuttle Stop #16 | 3 miles round trip | Strenuous 1000' elevation gain |
2 to 4 hours round trip | Check conditions at Visitor Center in winter |
| Nevada Fall | 7 miles round trip | Strenuous 1900' elevation gain |
6 to 8 hours round trip | ||
| Half Dome | 17 miles round trip | Most strenuous 4800' elevation gain |
10 to 12 hours round trip | Open late May to mid-Oct only | |
| Glacier Point Four Mile Trail |
Southside Drive | 4.8 miles one way | Very strenuous 3200' elevation gain |
3 ot 4 hours one way | Closed in winter. |