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Photo: Jackie on North Dome 2012.Trail head: Porcupine Creek on Tioga Road.Fee: $35/car or Annual Pass. No Peak Hour ticket required.Elevation: 8100 ft. at the trail head, 8340 ft. at Indian Rock, 7540 ft. at North Dome.Mileage: 9.4 miles includes Indian Rock. 8.8 miles w/o Indian Rock.Difficulty: Moderate with a repeated elevation loss and gain of about 800 ft.Dinner: Groveland.Last hiked: 10-06-2012.See More

Strenuous 11.6 total miles up and back. All on the PCT except off trail the last mile to the summit. Or choose the option of going part way.Elevation Gain:  1842 feet.Trail head:  Sonora Pass day use parking lot.Trail head Elevation:  9628 feetSummit Elevation:  11570 feet.Fees:  None.Bring the dogs.Dinner: Trail Gate at the trail head.Last hiked: 8/27/2016.See More

Two hike choices: Moderate 8-mile up and back to Thunder Mountain summit. Or moderate to strenuous 12.3 mile loop, taking in the summit and returning on Horseshoe Canyon and Castle Point Trails.Elevation gain on first hike is 1450 ft.Elevation change on loop is 2250 ft.The highest point is Thunder Mountain summit at 9400 ft. in both cases.Parking and Trail head: Thunder Mountain Trailhead, a parking lot on the south side of Hwy 88 between Silver Lake and Kirkwood. Land Status: El Dorado…See More

Photo: Nick's rainbow at Wapama Falls from the first footbridge.Trail head: O'Shaunessy Dam parking lot.Elevation: 3728 ft. at the trail head.Mileage: 5.5 miles round trip to Wapama and back. 13 miles round trip to Rancheria Falls and back.Difficulty: Easy to moderately strenuous because of the total length of the hike.Fee: $35/car YNP entrance fee or pass.No dogs on this one. Dinner: Evergreen Lodge or Trail Gate.Last hiked: Apr 15, 2023.** No YNP reservation necessary for this date. See More

Photo: Denise, Jackie, Becky & Debbie at Hwy 4 Lake Alpine in 2012!Hike name: South Wall Overlook but some call it Baby Dewey Point.Description: 3-mile out and back with a 500 ft. elevation gain.Snow depth: Anywhere from 4 ft to 9 ft of packed powder.Park at Dodge Ridge Ski Resort. Snowshoes can be rented there.Dinner: Strawberry Inn or Mia's.See More

Photo: Female #878, fledged in the Pinnacles, fall of 2017. Parents are #569 and #589, photographed doing it in Jan 2017. Description: Moderate 6.1-mile loop through Bear Gulch Cave and up High Peaks Trail, completing on Condor Gulch Trail.Trail Head:  Bear Gulch Day Use Parking Lot.Parking: Bear Gulch Day Use Parking lot and overflow parking behind the Visitor Center with shuttle service to the trail head.Land Status: National Park.Fee: $30.00/car entrance fee paid at the visitor's center, or…See More