Use the free Yosemite Valley shuttle bus to get to trailheads. We backpacked all those supplies to the cabin during several trips. I had invested my time and effort in protecting the cabin in 1968 and wanted to find a way to protect it again. I now reside with my wife Janet in Fair Play, Calif. in the Sierra Foothills. Winthrop, WA 98862 It is a grueling hike that begins on the Valley floor and climbs to its rim, but . That shelter became the Snow Creek Cabin. Official websites use .gov A .gov Trailhead address: 9041 Happy Isle Loop Road, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389. In one direction is an impressive collection of bleached snags that have drifted down the lake and mounded up in impossibly large numbers. searching. White Wolf to Smith Meadow I have heard that Snow Creek is a great campsite so would also love other suggestions. Trail Conditions. 499' Up 470-ft ascent to May Lake, another 1530-ft ascent to summit of Mount Hoffmann. Something else? Did you know WTA has a mobile app? 19.8 mi If youre lucky, folks on here may be willing to share coordinates of spots they used in the past for your reference. Correspondence, diaries, research notes, manuscripts, speeches. Dispersed camping is not allowed between the 7601 road and Icicle Creek. Image: pickelltree at hikearizona.com, 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104. There were some well beaten trails on the valley floor but we mostly . Based on the post, I'm unsure of what hike you're doing.). The final section of trail to the Enchantment Basin heads upstream, keeping vaguely near the creek, growing steeper with each step. https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/snow-lakes, https://www.wta.org/site_images/hikes/snow-lakes_ravi.jpg/@@download/image/snow lakes_ravi.jpg. 1450.88 m Up The trail is well maintained and easy to follow for the first 2.5-3.5 miles. The Tenaya Creek crossing can be waist high early in the season and can be swift in snowy years. The remaining members of our family are appreciative of the many efforts to save Snow Creek Cabin and are very grateful that the historical value of the cabin is preserved, and the physical structure is sound. on official, secure websites. After further investigation the proposed Mount Hoffmann Ski area turned out not to be feasible, and the development plans were abandoned. 151.97 m Down, 0.5 mi We covered our packs with canvas to disguise our loads. Posted by 23 days ago. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Wenatchee River Ranger District, Buy the Green Trails Enchantments No. Located a few miles north of Tioga Road near Olmstead Point, May Lake is one of the more popular high-country lakes to visit in Yosemite and it is also the site of one of the famous High Sierra Camps. Pohono Trail (Wawona Tunnel or Bridalveil Fall parking). Great views with parking! 0000004602 00000 n The narrow isthmus between the lakes offers a majestic view across the water to the towering heights of McClellan Peak. Once, my sister Penny was getting a bucket of water from the river and, to our surprise, there was an 8-inch trout in the bucket. The trail winds up the Tenaya switchbacks (108), along the Snow Creek Trail, and turns toward Mount Watkins. With persistence she found the cabin surrounded by many tall and overgrown trees. The trail runs down to the bridge over Icicle Creek (just a stones throw from the parking lot) before ascending steeply up a series of switchbacks. Image: NPS Archives. It is recomended to stay climbers left of the tree island to avoid the waterfall area and potentially more rockslides off Dragontail Peak. I expect you could follow the official Donner Summit Canyon trail system if conditions were less favorable to going cross country. Permission was granted, and I arranged for two park volunteers to stay in the cabin during the winter, taking and recording daily measurements. The first visitors came on January 8, 1930. Mary Curry Tresidder was among the first group, and she and many others including Ansel Adams made numerous trips to Snow Creek Cabin for five years. WARNING: The bridge over French Creek 1.5 miles up Icicle Creek Trail #1551 is brokendue to damage from heavy winter snowpack and is unsafe to cross. Our trail crews are working hard to address these issues. The trail continues for a bit on the shore of Nada Lake before entering a boulder field and beginning to ascend again. Just hike up Miner's Creek Road, following the paved path at first and crossing the Recreation Path onto the dirt Miner's Creek Road. Issued at Yosemite Valley Valley Wilderness Center. Youve now at 2200 feet (1000 feet above the parking lot). The upper end of the lake soars. Download its GPS track and follow the itinerary on a map. 43,234' Up Via Teely Creek Trailhead from FR 8410: hiking distance is 3.6 miles round trip with 500 ft gain. On July 18, 2014, the Snow Creek Cabin was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Reservations available based on area, as listed above; first-come, first-served at other times. Melting snow creates hidden streams under gulleys like this one, which weakens the snow. There are campsites on both sides of the dam, and a backcountry toilet after it. Be sure to sign the trail register before you start your hikeit helps the Forest Service keep track of usage and is sometimes also useful in search and rescue operations. When the water is ankle high, hikers often remove their boots and socks and walk across barefoot to a small peninsula that juts out into the water, providing views up and down the lake. (509) 784-4700, Methow Valley Ranger District No access to French Creek Trail #1595 or beyond bridge on Icicle Creek Trail. 2) Glen Alpine Trail - A long (5.4 mile) route up the south side of Tallac, starting at the popular Lily Lake trailhead. Crater Lake Trail. The Yosemite Creek Campground trailhead is for all destinations southbound on the trail along Yosemite Creek. Trailhead restrooms with flush toilets have drinking water available; those with vault toilets do not. At 3.3 miles, the trail starts to climb away from Snow Creek, switchbacking up the side of the gorge. During the fall of 1976, I was still working in the snow survey program. Near the cabin there is a large granite outcropping (dome) with a huge ponderosa pine. As in the core Enchantment Zone, overnight stays within this area are allowed by special-issue permit only from May 15th - October 31st. NOT OKAY! (If there is snow covering the mountain, do not continue up the mountain beyond your ability.) Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this sites author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Snow Creek Trail in winter 2013. The trail leads across a masonry spillway at the midpoint between the two lakes which, rugged and beautiful though they may be, are manmade. Whitney. connected to the .gov website. 124 0 obj <> endobj This parking area will access Peaks Trail, Rainbow Lake, Masontown (from Rainbow Lake), and Miner's Creek Road. . Travel along a partly wooded ridgeline until the trail crosses Tioga Pass Road at a small saddle. Plans for the cabin were drawn by Eldridge T. Spencer with assistance from Dr. Donald Tresidder, who wanted the cabin to be similar to Swiss mountain huts with the hope that in a few years the High Sierra Camps would also be a series of winter huts like those in the Alps. On the return to the trailhead, the trail sheds 3,600 feet of elevation over a rocky, uneven 5.3 miles between the outlet of Nada Lake and the bridge to the parking lot. These trailheads are not signed. The famous American poet Robert Frost spent his summers in a cabin on a farm near Ripton, Vermont, from 1939 until he died in 1963. The trail begins at Snow Lakes Trailhead, crossing a bridge over Icicle Creek, then starts to switchback up the rocky canyon. United States. An official website of the The Badger Pass Road is typically open from mid-December through March, conditions permitting. They also dont particularly care about the exit TH or date, at least based on what rangers have told me in the past when I needed to make an adjustment. Correspondence is arranged chronologically and includes many significant correspondents: Nels Anderson, LeRoy Hafen, Austin Fife, Dale Morgan, Charles Kelly, Stanley S. Ivins, Gustive O. Larson and many others. View Snow Creek Trail in a larger map. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. To camp your first night in the Glen Aulin backpackers' camp: Glen Aulin Trail, To pass through Glen Aulin and camp (on your first night) somewhere in the direction of Waterwheel Falls or Cold Canyon: Glen Aulin to Cold Canyon/Waterwheel (pass through). We will visit Lake Boren, May Creek, May Valley, De Leo Wall Viewpoint and Far Country Falls via a 10 mile loop trail; 2000' of gain. . From the May Lake trailhead the Snow Creek Canyon Trail wanders gently downhill, roughly paralleling the trailhead access road. Entiat, WA 98822 %%EOF Use Leave No Trace principles to choose a spot that is the proper distance from trails and water, and make sure not to crush delicate vegetation. 9.5 km Attention: Alerts and Closures Recreation alert: Upper Murphy's Grade trail will be closed until March 1, 2023, for trail maintenance. Our favorite campsite was about eight miles up the Lyell Fork. Mid May or later -- Lake Ethel, Tronsen Ridge, Upper Devil's Gulch, Upper Mission Ridge, Little Wenatchee TH, Minotaur lake, Top Lake, Merritt Lake, Heather Lake, Shaeffer Lake, Rock Creek, White River/Indian Creek, Upper Chiwawa River TH's, Round Mtn, Irving Pass. The first year saw 56 visitors to the cabin. For those looking for a longer and more strenuous adventure, hiking up the southeast slope to the summit is a lung-busting undertaking that rewards hikers with top-of-the-world views of the surrounding area. This family-friendly Yosemite backpacking adventure includes some of the most iconic Yosemite vistas, coupled with fun and relatively mellow hiking. Once you arrive at the park, you can take the free Sequoia National Park shuttle to pick up your permit in Lodgepole and then get back on the shuttle to go to the trailhead at Crescent Meadow. Snow Creek, May Lake and Clouds Rest Loop. From the junction of Icicle Creek Road and US 2, drive south on Icicle Creek Road 4.2 miles to the Snow Lakes Trailhead parking lot. We still visit Yosemite each year to re-connect to the special place Yosemite holds in our hearts. 10. The hike to May Lake offers expansive views over granite peaks, a sparkling blue lake set below 10,000' Mount Hoffmann, and a subalpine forest. Photo: Eeekster, CC BY 3.0.Eeekster, Permits can be picked up at Lodgepole Visitor Center (open 7am-3:30pm, closed 11am-12pm for lunch) the day of your trip, or from 1pm or later the day before. Yosemite seems to run through our veins. Great views with parking! There is a vault toilet and bear boxes here, but limited parking. The snow surveyors measured depth and water content at Gin Flat, Snow Flat, Tenaya Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, and Dana Meadows. The remainder of the 1960s and early 1970s saw many rock climbers, backpackers, and other visitors. However, on the Tenaya switchbacks, an avalanche buried one of the party up to his chest in snow, and it took some time to dig him out. Mountain / Deep Snow; In Stock; Ottawa, Ontario; 3602 km; within 50 km of Ottawa, ON; 2021 Ski-Doo Freeride 850 E-TEC 154 SHOT. Trailhead #3: There is a trailhead a little west of . * Enjoy a kitchen, private deck w/ stunning valley view and hot tub, jacuzzi bathtub, and wifi. It will switchback soon; be careful not to loose the trail in the boulders. Check for avalanch risk before going into this area. Ruta Donner Summit Canyon snowshoe de Raquetes de Neu a Weeks Tract, California (United States). I re-visited the historic cabin in 1986 and 1988, and noticed that the entry door had a National Park Service padlock. Hike Stats Trail type: Point to Point Length: ~ 12 miles Elevation: 8,500' - 4,098' over 2 days Trail Signs: Easy to navigate with plenty of trail signs Level: Easy (entirely downhill) Tips & Reminders Bring plenty of water! 41.29 m Down, 15.5 mi The Snow Creek Cabin became part of several cabins for ski touring in the park. The trail (from Crescent Meadow toWhitney Portal) is 72 miles long and takes about a week to complete. The creator of the BSL suggests starting (and finishing) your hike at Roads End. The road accesses Eightmile and Colchuck/Stuart trailheads. You may hike along the trail and camp at another destination beyond. 0 Not recomended for travel. 2504.21 m Down, 182.7 mi Continue following the trail up into the bowl until you reach the base of the summit block which is covered in broken slabs of rock. These winter trails are not hiking trails. The journey was as good as the destination and this was one of the prettier snowshoes I've done due to lots of snow covered boulders with cornices, creeks with interesting snow formations, hills with open areas giving great distant views of peaks and ridges and Donner Lake. startxref Winter conditions. Half Dome eligible. And at the driest times of year the creek may be low enough to simply step across. It keeps getting placed under review because I'm not being clear enough. Mirror Lake to Snow Creek. The sloping hill was nicknamed Herringbone Hill a good ski practice slope. (509) 664-9200, Chelan Ranger District This creates public safety issues and concerns along this one-lane road as it relates to the ingress/egress for emergency vehicles, to user conflicts between motorized vehicles accessing the trailheads and pedestrians walking the road to and from the trailhead. 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