Glacier Point via 4-Mile Trail

Despite the chill in the fall air, we had beautiful weather in Yosemite. We made the most of it by hiking the 4-Mile Trail up to Glacier Point. We climbed ~1000 m from the valley floor (at ~1200 m) to the Glacier Point viewpoint (at ~2200 m), only passing a few other hikers as the road to Glacier Point was closed for the season. The views of the valley only got better as we got higher, while it got colder and then snowier above 1800 m. The views of the high monoliths and distant peaks definitely inspired dreams of future climbing and mountaineering trips in the park. We had originally wanted to climb in Yosemite as part of this trip, but it was a bit logistically challenging to get our gear to us without pedaling it 1000s of kms or paying a lot to ship it - having had this small taste of the possibilities, however, we'll be sure to return!Lue lisää