Trip Notes - YNP: Cloud's Rest

Photo: Doug & Duncan on the switchbacks.

Photo Album: #128.

Weather: Less than 70 degrees and overcast.

Trail head: Sunrise Trail at Tenaya Lake.

Fee: $20 YNP entrance fee or pass.

Elevation: 8150 ft. at trail head, 9926 ft. at the summit.

Mileage: 14.5 mile out and back.

Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous with a 1775 ft. elevation gain and loss, repeated.

Flora: Crimson Columbine, Mountain Violet, Giant Red Paintbrush, Mountain Heather, Rosewort.

Fauna: Chipmunks, Golden-mantle Ground Squirrels, Mule Deer.

Dinner: Pot luck at Olmstead Point to get away from the mosquitoes.

Participants: (12) Doug Meredith, Don Mulcahy, Jeanette Farley, Barb, Hayes, La Verne Self, Ralph Medema, Chuck Flores, Jie Lundquist, Tim Shea, Duncan Fuller.

Comments: This was the height of mosquito season. Ralph suggested dining at Olmstead which was pest free. Overcast made for comfortable hiking but not good photographs.