#high-sierra-camps
5 trips tagged “high-sierra-camps”
high-sierra-camps backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 5 California backpacking routes tagged high-sierra-camps, ranging from 10.4 to 48.2 miles with 750–6,450 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 13/100 (Easy) on Glen Aulin up to 45/100 (Strenuous) on High Sierra Camp Loop, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 6,450 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 July, August, September. 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.
Sunrise High Sierra Camp
Sunrise High Sierra Camp sits on a mountainside above the Cathedral Range, 5.2 miles from Tenaya Lake past the Sunrise Lakes. It is the most…
Glen Aulin
Glen Aulin is the friendliest river trip in Yosemite: a 6.3-mile descent from Tuolumne Meadows along the Tuolumne River to a High Sierra Cam…
Vogelsang High Sierra Camp
Vogelsang is Yosemite's highest corner of the high country: a 7.2-mile climb up Rafferty Creek to a camp at 10,154 feet beneath Vogelsang Pe…
Vogelsang to Cathedral Lakes Loop
This loop strings together Yosemite's high country greatest hits: Rafferty Creek to Vogelsang, down the Merced to Merced Lake, up past Washb…
High Sierra Camp Loop
The High Sierra Camp Loop is Yosemite's grand tour by foot: 48 miles linking all five High Sierra Camps — Vogelsang, Merced Lake, Sunrise, M…