Trip Notes - YNP: Tamarack and Cascade Creeks

Photo: Group crossing the road to begin the hike.

Photo Album #92.

Trail Head: 1/4 mile north of Forest Road junction on Big Oak Flat Rd.

Fee: $20/car, Annual Pass or Geezer Pass.

Elevation: About 4850 ft at the trail head with a 1300 ft. elevation gain.

Description: Moderate 8-mile up and back to the bridge at Cascade Creek above the falls.

Features: Passing through the 1990 A-Rock wildfire burn and two creek crossings.

Flora: Ponderosa Pine, Snow Plant and an unidentified plant with purple basal leaves.

Dinner: Cocina Michoacana in Groveland.

Participants: (16) Tom & Connie Metz, Tracy Crowley, Nina Shah, Hemant Furia, Donnie Staal, Barb Hayes, Stefanie Rochow, Chris Ruffin, Shane Graff, Steve Fotheringham, Jackie & Dave Lederle, Nick, Eric & Beck Teberg.

Notes: We had the trail to ourselves. The views were beautiful, the creek-crossings were just scary enough. A disappointing lack of snow on the high mountains. About 3 weeks too early for wildflowers. We welcomed Hemant to the Sierras. Good food and service at the Cocina but Eric had some bad luck.