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Photo: Becky TDescription: 3.6 mile loop, partial cross-country.  Destination: Series of cascade falls on the Tuolumne River.    Destination: Top of Pothole Dome for 360 degree views.Fee: $35 entrance fee or pass. One pass per car.No dogs on this one.Dinner: Trail Gate or Groveland restaurant  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: 5/17/25See More

Photo: Zack faking his injury.Trail Head: Gianelli Cabin at the end of Crabtree Road.Land Status: Emigrant Wilderness/ Stanislaus National Forest.Mileage: 8.6 miles total, out and back to Chewing Gum Lake.Elevation: 8600 ft. at the trail head and 9200 ft. at two high points for a 600 ft. elevation change.Difficulty: Moderate.Fee: NoneBring the dogs.Dinner: Trailgate at the trail head.Last hiked: 8/25/2012.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

Description: Moderate 6.5-mile out and back along a 4X4 road to Leavitt Lake. Two creek crossings. Good fishing.Trail head: Small dirt lot 3.8 miles east of Sonora Pass on the right.Trail head elevation: 8455 ft.Leavitt Lake elevation: 9572 ft.No fees.Bring the dogs.Trail gate at the trail head.Last hiked:  8-10-2019See More

Easy 4 to 16 mile out and back along the Lyell fork of the Tuolumne with no more than 300 ft. elevation change.Trail Head: Parking lot of the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge.Parking: Dog Lake Trail Head near the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge.Fee: $35 Yosemite Park entrance fee or pass.No dogs on this one.Dinner: Trailgate at the trail head  Last hiked 10/07/17.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: May 10, 2024.** No YNP reservation necessary for this date. See More

This hike is north of Red Hills Road. The wildflowers should be in full bloom.It's an easy to moderate 6.5-mile clockwise loop that crosses Serpentine Road. The total elevation gain is 640 ft per  mapmyrun.Trail Head: About an1/8 mile beyond the main parking lot across Red Hills Road.Bring the dogs on this one.Dinner: Café Bravo in Oakdale.Last hiked:  3/21/2020, officially. See More

Trail Head: Sunol Visitor's Center at Geary Rd.Fees: When the kiosk is staffed, a $5 parking fee and $2 dog fee.Elevation at trail head is 400 ft.Difficulty: Moderate 7.5 mile CW loop with a repeated 1300 ft elevation gain and loss, utilizing Flag Hill Trail & Road, Vista Grande Road, Eagle View Trail, Cerro Este Road and Canyon View Road for the proposed hike. Otherwise, Cave Rocks Road, Hayfield Road & Indian Joe Creek Trail. Dinner: Restaurant in Livermore.Bring the dogs.Last hiked…See More

Description: 6.7 mile moderately strenuous CCW loop.Trail Head: Juniper Campground parking lot.South Gate Rd entrance fee: $10.00.Elevation Climbs: Two. 2840 ft to 3850 ft. (summit) and 2032 ft. to 2840 ft. No dogs on this one.Dinner at a local restaurant.Last hiked: 2/08/2020See 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

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