![]() I asked some guys who were packing up if they were headed to Yosemite Valley or just beginning their hike. I was pretty low on fuel and wasn’t sure I’d have enough for dinner, breakfast and possibly one more use or two in the main valley. Let me rephrase that, there is no privacy! I hymed adn hawed and finally selected a site. The park service has fallen quite a few trees, and then camp areas are sort of delineated, but not always. It’s really a dustbowl and not my favorite style of camping for sure. I wasn’t quite ready to end the hike so figured I’d stay the night and rinse up well in the creek, which is what I did. I arrive at Little Yosemite Valley (LYV) around 11:30AM. All of a sudden there were many more people, lots of day hikers, and a lot less trail etiquette. The feeling of the trip changed dramatically once I rejoined the official JMT below Clouds Rest. I think I actually like hiking in the dark. I’m also trying to hike in a somewhat noisy fashion in case I come across something like a bear. I was hiking in the dark with my headlamp so foot placement was important. This meant I had to hustle, and actually figured I’d miss sunrise proper, or be there right went it pops up. As it turned out, I wasn’t hiking until 4:25AM. I went ahead and boiled water for coffee while I packed up. I just go lazy about crawling out of my bag. I ended up sleeping a little longer than expected. I wanted to be at the top around 6AM so to be prepared for sunrise around 6:25AM.Ĭowboy camping would help me pack up quick. The JMT miles have not always been easy, when they looked like they should be easy. I figured I should give myself two hours to hike up. I only had 4 miles according to my calculations. From Sunrise Lakes to Yosemite could have easily been one day, but why end a good thing too soon! Sunrise Lakes to Little Yosemite Valley Campground via Clouds Rest – Day 19Īfter getting so close to Clouds Rest, I decided it was worthy of a sunrise summit.
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