Yosemite Grand Traverse Backpacking Trip

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Yosemite Grand Traverse Backpacking Trip

duration: 8 days

difficulty: Moderate

group size: 12

experience: Beginner

Overview

This beautiful traverse is now featured as one of the “25 Classic Hikes in North America” by famed Adventurer Peter Potterfield. The route is a 50-mile hiking traverse through the heart of Yosemite and spends equal time in the most remote and most iconic regions of the park.

Highlights-

World's Top 15 Trails by National Geographic

Traverse through the heart of remote Yosemite Wilderness

Summit Clouds Rest and camp beneath Cathedral Peak

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Itinerary

Day 1: Meet your guide in Fresno CA

Your trip begins in Fresno, CA at the Fairfield Inn & Suites across from the Fresno airport. You can check in at the hotel anytime after 4pm. At 6pm you will meet your guides and group for a trip orientation, where you’ll do a final gear check and discuss the details of the trip. Dinner tonight is on your own at the hotel.

Meals: None

Day 2: Hike to Knoblock Meabow

Day 3: Climb Isberg Pass

Day 4: Descend along the merced river

Day 5: Hike To Sunrise Creek

Day 6: Summit Clouds Rest

Day 7: Hike to Cathedral lake

Day 8: Exit Via Tuolumne Meadows and return to Fresno

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Accommodations

On day 1, for 1 day

You will be staying first night at Fairfield Inn & Suites in Fresno in double occupancy basis.

On day 2, for 6 days

Pricing

Included:

Accommodation

Admission fees

Guide fees

Local guide

Some meals

Excluded:

Alcoholic beverages

Gratuities

Transfers

Flights

Porter

Visas

Travel insurance

Personal gear

Airport transfer

Some meals

Do not forget to arrange for the requisite passport, visa and travel insurance, if you are booking an international trip.

We try our best to ensure accurate and up-to-date guide information, but in some cases this may change due to emergencies or other unforeseen guide scheduling challenges. In any case, another highly-rated, certified guide with similar experience would lead your trip and you will be kept informed of any such case.