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Hike · Happy Isles

Clouds Rest via Yosemite Valley

Distance
7.2 mi
Vertical
2,526 ft
Summit
9,764 ft
Difficulty
Strenuous

Clouds Rest from Yosemite Valley via the John Muir Trail. NOTE: geometry currently covers only the upper spur from the JMT / Sunrise Creek junction to the summit (~5.4 km one-way); pending extension down through Little Yosemite Valley to Happy Isles.

About Clouds Rest

Clouds Rest is a mountain in Yosemite National Park, located east-northeast of Yosemite Village, California. Although there are many peaks in the park having far greater elevation, the proximity of Clouds Rest to the valley gives it a very high degree of visual prominence.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Rocky summit of Clouds Rest with lingering snowfields and Half Dome visible across the valley to the right.
Jimmy Harris from Melbourne, Australia · CC BY 2.0
The summit arête — the trail's final quarter-mile narrows to a granite spine above Tenaya Canyon.
Josh Steinitz · CC BY 2.0
Looking down from the summit across glacier-polished granite slabs.
Julietvbarbara · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds Rest seen from Olmsted Point on Tioga Road, Half Dome small on the horizon.
Jimbennettgeek · CC BY-SA 4.0

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