#spring
5 trips tagged “spring”
spring backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 5 California backpacking routes tagged spring, ranging from 7.4 to 13.4 miles with 700–3,500 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 0/100 (Easy) on Rancheria Falls up to 23/100 (Moderate) on Smith Peak, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 3,500 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Yosemite National Park, and the months most of them share are May, June, October. 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.
Garfield Grove Trail
Garfield Grove is a giant sequoia grove most visitors never see: a 4-mile climb from the South Fork campground to some of the park's largest…
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 …
Chilnualna Falls
Chilnualna Falls is Yosemite's quiet waterfall: a 9.2-mile round trip from Wawona to the top of a 2,200-foot cascade on the park's lightly t…
Upper Yosemite Fall
The Yosemite Falls Trail climbs 2,700 feet in 3.7 miles to the brink of North America's tallest waterfall — a short, brutal, spectacular ove…
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…