El Capitan

Yosemite National Park

You can climb the back side of El Capitan from several trail heads. I made a day hike attempt in 10" of newly fallen snow from the trail head at route 120 and the road to Foresta. We almost make it except for a missed trial turn in the snow. The sign was covered with new snow. A GPS is most helpful in snow hikes and we would have made it if I had one at the time. Now I use one on every hike.

While driving in the valley floor of Yosemite National Park it is enjoyable to stop the car and try to spot rock climbers on the face of El Capitan. They are very hard to see with the naked eye because they are so far up.

These pictures were taken from the valley floor of Yosemite.

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El Capitan

El Capitan & Half Dome

El Capitan