#el-capitan
3 trips tagged “el-capitan”
el-capitan backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 3 California backpacking routes tagged el-capitan, ranging from 12.6 to 29.1 miles with 1,700–6,200 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 21/100 (Moderate) on El Capitan via Tamarack Creek up to 48/100 (Strenuous) on Full North Rim, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 6,200 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Yosemite National Park, and the months most of them share are June, September, May. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.
El Capitan via Tamarack Creek
The back door to El Capitan: a 10.8-mile forested walk from Tioga Road to the summit of the most famous cliff in the world, with the Valley …
Eagle Peak
Eagle Peak is the North Rim's best-value summit: 6.3 miles and 3,770 feet up the Yosemite Falls Trail to a 7,782-foot viewpoint with El Capi…
Full North Rim
The Full North Rim is Yosemite Valley's skyline walked end to end: 29 miles from Old Big Oak Flat Road over the tops of El Capitan, Yosemite…