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5 day / 4 night - 8 miles per day

 

5 day / 4 night - looking for some tips on some good hikes doing about 8 miles a day (40 total). Loop or lollipop preferable but will consider options. East or West side entry ok. Thanks in advance.?
 

Hard to beat Rae lakes loop.? Best bang for the mile.


On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 2:47 PM, Will Cronan
<wecronan@...> wrote:
5 day / 4 night - looking for some tips on some good hikes doing about 8 miles a day (40 total). Loop or lollipop preferable but will consider options. East or West side entry ok. Thanks in advance.?

 

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Yes, my first thought was Rake lakes loop.

You can also enter Duck pass and wander to Lake Virginia and get back.?

You can also enter Rush Creek to Thousand Island Lake to Garnet Lake to Ediza Lake and circle back through Gem lake down. ?That is a nice 5 day hike. ?You can take a Nero day at Ediza and go to Minarets lake or a Nero day at thousand island and hike up to that lake behind Mt. Ritter (name skips my memory).

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Anand Kumar Sankaran
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On Jan 30, 2024, at 12:55?PM, Jps39 <jshrader39@...> wrote:

Hard to beat Rae lakes loop.? Best bang for the mile.


On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 2:47 PM, Will Cronan
<wecronan@...> wrote:
5 day / 4 night - looking for some tips on some good hikes doing about 8 miles a day (40 total). Loop or lollipop preferable but will consider options. East or West side entry ok. Thanks in advance.?
 

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Rai Lakes Loop would be my first choice, but putting some other options out there:

Devils Postpile North or Shadow Creek north to Tuolumne Meadows.? Add some side trips to Ediza and Marie Lakes as necessary to add up to 40 miles.? This is a point-to-point route.? You can park your car at Tuolumne, take YARTS to Mammoth and stay overnight, then start your trip the next day.??

I don't remember the exact milage, but you should be able to construct a loop starting on Fish Creek, possibly transitioning to the Minnow Creek Trail, and returning on JMT or vice versa.? You could start from Red's meadow, VVR, Red Cones, or Duck Pass.? If VVR, you could go up Silver Pass and Return Goodale Pass.? Iva Bell hot springs is on this route.? The lower part of the Middle Fork San Joaquin River is interesting.? If you are into cross-country travel, Anne Lake is a nice place to visit.? As of last August, there were some issues with the Fish Creek trail between Reds and Iva Bell including several blowdowns on the part paralleling Fish Creek, adding about 30 minutes to the trip, and major overgrowth on the upper part.?

Greg

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5 day / 4 night - looking for some tips on some good hikes doing about 8 miles a day (40 total). Loop or lollipop preferable but will consider options. East or West side entry ok. Thanks in advance.?

 

Thanks all. I've done Rae's several times just looking for something different. Greg, I have been looking at the Fish Creek area but I will look into those other suggestions as well. Thanks again for chiming in.?
 

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N-S lake is nice

On Feb 4, 2024, at 3:49?PM, Will Cronan <wecronan@...> wrote:

?Thanks all. I've done Rae's several times just looking for something different. Greg, I have been looking at the Fish Creek area but I will look into those other suggestions as well. Thanks again for chiming in.?

 

Tom is right.? That is a wonderful hike. You can modify it, and turn east at Darwin creek,? go? up to the lakes, then go over Lamarck Cole back to North Lake TH
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Jeffery Yeider
 

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I did a loop in southern Yosemite last September, starting at Glacier Point out Illouette Creek, over Red Peak Pass and along the Merced River back to Glacier Point. 48 miles. It was epic. Had one stretch of nearly two days that I didn’t see anyone else. I’ve done the Rae Lakes loop and love it, especially with all the side trip options. Sixty Lakes Basin is my favorite. But the Red Peak Pass loop was right there for me. Hope to do both of them again soon!



John Girot

On Feb 4, 2024, at 4:30?PM, Tom Kennefick via groups.io <tomkennefick@...> wrote:

?N-S lake is nice

On Feb 4, 2024, at 3:49?PM, Will Cronan <wecronan@...> wrote:

?Thanks all. I've done Rae's several times just looking for something different. Greg, I have been looking at the Fish Creek area but I will look into those other suggestions as well. Thanks again for chiming in.?

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Since you mentioned Red Peak Pass, I did the Yosemite High Passes
Loop some years back.? As John says, it's well worth doing for the scenery
and the solitude.? I started at a trailhead near Bass Lake, but there are?
other access points.? By jiggering your route, you should be able to? meet
your distance/time limitations.? Here's one writeup:




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I did a loop in southern Yosemite last September, starting at Glacier Point out Illouette Creek, over Red Peak Pass and along the Merced River back to Glacier Point. 48 miles. It was epic. Had one stretch of nearly two days that I didn’t see anyone else. I’ve done the Rae Lakes loop and love it, especially with all the side trip options. Sixty Lakes Basin is my favorite. But the Red Peak Pass loop was right there for me. Hope to do both of them again soon!



John Girot

On Feb 4, 2024, at 4:30?PM, Tom Kennefick via <tomkennefick=[email protected]> wrote:

?N-S lake is nice

On Feb 4, 2024, at 3:49?PM, Will Cronan <wecronan@...> wrote:

?Thanks all. I've done Rae's several times just looking for something different. Greg, I have been looking at the Fish Creek area but I will look into those other suggestions as well. Thanks again for chiming in.?

 

On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 09:05 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
I did a loop in southern Yosemite last September, starting at Glacier Point out Illouette Creek, over Red Peak Pass and along the Merced River back to Glacier Point. 48 miles. It was epic.

I second this as a great route in the 50-ish mile range.? I did it starting at Mono Meadow in September, 2019.? For a look, see photo trip report at ? If I go back, I'll allow some time for some off-trail wandering near Red Devil Lake.

 

Jim, thanks for the information on the hike and the details provided in your link. I am looking for a hike this size and this may fit the bill.
Also, highly recommend a loop from Virginia Lakes to twin Island Lakes, Virginia Canyon up Matterhorn Canyon. JMT like scenery, without the crowds.
Stephen?

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