Trip Notes - YNP: Gaylor & Granite Lakes

Photo: Cirque behind Upper Granite Lake.

Photo Album #134.

Trail Head: Tioga Pass Park Entrance Station Parking Lot or the Leavitt Meadows lot.

Trail Head Elevation: 9973 ft.

Elevation Gain: about 900 ft.

Weather: Sunny and in the low sixties.

Description: Moderate CCW 7-mile loop from Lower Gaylor past Upper Gaylor and out to the Tioga Lake vista. Then up to the mine and cross-country to Upper Granite and Lower Granite and back to Lower Gaylor and the trail.

Fees: $20/car YNP entrance fee or pass.

Flora: Alpine and Explorer's Gentian, Rosey Sedum, Grass-Of-Parnassus.

Fauna: Tree-frogs, Yosemite Toads, Pica, Marmots.

Dinner: Whoa Nellie Deli in Lee Vining.

Participants: (8) Kimberly Bray, Steve Fotheringham, Jackie Lederle, Michael Booth, Jeanette Farley, Ralph Medema, Monica Rose Casey, Becky Teberg.

Comments: Beautiful day. The marmot and pica were entertaining. Gorgeous views including the one from Tioga Lake Lookout. The rocks were exceptional and so was the company.