#point-to-point
11 trips tagged “point-to-point”
point-to-point backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 11 California backpacking routes tagged point-to-point, ranging from 11.5 to 38.5 miles with 405–7,638 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 11/100 (Easy) on Lost Coast Trail up to 49/100 (Strenuous) on Trans-Catalina Trail, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 7,638 feet. 2 of the 11 need no wilderness permit.
These routes cross Yosemite National Park, King Range (Lost Coast), Sespe Wilderness, Ventana Wilderness and Channel Islands, and the months most of them share are September, October, July. 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.
Glacier Point to Yosemite Valley
Glacier Point to the Valley is Yosemite's classic easy traverse: 11.5 miles from the famous overlook down the John Muir Trail past Illilouet…
Pohono Trail
The Pohono Trail walks the entire south rim of Yosemite Valley: 13.7 miles from Glacier Point to Tunnel View, past the overlooks of Taft, De…
Lost Coast Trail
The Lost Coast Trail runs 24 miles down California's most remote coastline, from the Mattole River mouth to Black Sands Beach near Shelter C…
John Muir Trail to Yosemite Valley
The John Muir Trail's grand finale runs 22 miles from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley, descending past Cathedral Peak, the Sunrise count…
Pohono Trail + Four Mile Trail
This route walks the entire south rim of Yosemite Valley and then some: the Pohono Trail from Tunnel View to Glacier Point, then the Four Mi…
Gene Marshall–Piedra Blanca Trail
The Gene Marshall–Piedra Blanca Trail is the Sespe Wilderness's signature traverse: 18.6 miles from Piedra Blanca's sandstone cliffs to Reye…
Eastern North Rim
The Eastern North Rim crosses the Valley's northern skyline between the Yosemite Falls and Snow Creek trailheads: 18 miles of rim with a det…
Happy Isles to Tuolumne Meadows (JMT)
This is the John Muir Trail's first act: 22 miles and 5,900 feet of climbing from Happy Isles past Vernal and Nevada Falls, below Half Dome,…
Pine Ridge Trail (Ventana Wilderness)
The Pine Ridge Trail is Big Sur's backcountry classic: 22 miles through the Ventana Wilderness from China Camp to the Big Sur River, past re…
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne
The Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne is Yosemite's great river trip: a 30.8-mile traverse from White Wolf to Tuolumne Meadows that drops into a …
Trans-Catalina Trail
The Trans-Catalina Trail crosses Santa Catalina Island from end to end: 38.5 miles of ridgelines, canyons, and coastal bluffs between the fe…