#hetch-hetchy
5 trips tagged “hetch-hetchy”
hetch-hetchy backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 5 California backpacking routes tagged hetch-hetchy, ranging from 12.6 to 28.2 miles with 700–4,450 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 10/100 (Easy) on Rancheria Falls up to 26/100 (Moderate) on Lake Vernon and Rancheria Falls Loop, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 4,450 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, April. 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.
Rancheria Falls
Rancheria Falls is Yosemite's easiest spring waterfall camp: a gentle 6.3-mile stroll around the north shore of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir to a …
Laurel Lake
Laurel Lake is the short-haul version of the Hetch Hetchy high country: a 7.1-mile climb from Beehive Meadows to a quiet forested lake that …
Lake Vernon
Lake Vernon is the reward for climbing out of Yosemite's quietest corner: a 19-mile round trip from Hetch Hetchy to a lake backed by an expo…
Smith Peak
Smith Peak is Hetch Hetchy's summit walk: 6.7 miles and 3,500 feet of climbing through forest and meadow to a 7,751-foot perch towering over…
Lake Vernon and Rancheria Falls Loop
This loop is Hetch Hetchy's grand tour: up out of the reservoir valley to Lake Vernon's granite shore, down through Tiltill Valley's meadows…