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Particularly Special Place
Description
Clouds Rest overlooks Half Dome and provides sweeping views of the entire park. You can see many of the major mountains and a lot of the features of the park from this vantage point. The entire Cathedral Range, Half Dome, Glacier Point, Tenaya Lake, Mount Hoffman, North Dome, and Tenaya Canyon are just a few of the many points of interest that can be viewed from Clouds Rest. It's less traveled than Half Dome, but provides equally impressive views, but without the cable climb.
Half-Day Run: About 6 Miles one-way from the Sunrise/Tenaya Lake parking lot via the Clouds Rest Viewpoint Trail.
Gem Type: Viewpoint
Nearby Gems
Nearby Trails
14.5
mi
23.4
km
Half Dome
Difficult
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Difficult
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Unknown
Update
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232
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6.2
mi
10.0
km
Vernal and Nevada Falls Loop
Difficult
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Difficult
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Bad / Closed
Update
Snowy, Mostly Dry, Some Mud, Icy - Only to Vernal Falls. There were 3 areas past the viewing bridge that were sketchy going up and very scary on the way down.
44 days ago
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325
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3.0
mi
4.9
km
Upper Yosemite Falls
Difficult
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Difficult
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
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131
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|
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4.2
mi
6.8
km
Four Mile Trail
Difficult
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Difficult
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Unknown
Update
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106
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12.4
mi
20.0
km
Clouds Rest Viewpoint Trail
Difficult
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Difficult
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Unknown
Update
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72
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8.0
mi
12.8
km
Upper Yosemite Falls and Yosemite Point Hike
Difficult
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Difficult
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Unknown
Update
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77
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1.6
mi
2.6
km
Mist Trail
Intermediate/Difficult
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Intermediate/Difficult
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Unknown
Update
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76
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1.0
mi
1.6
km
Lower Yosemite Fall Trail
Easy
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Easy
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Unknown
Update
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147
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2.1
mi
3.4
km
Sentinel Dome
Intermediate
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Intermediate
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Unknown
Update
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66
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4.7
mi
7.6
km
Mirror Lake Loop
Easy/Intermediate
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Easy/Intermediate
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Yosemite Valley, CA |
Minor Issues
Update
Dry, Muddy, Snowy, Icy - Beautiful today! Definitely would recommend yak trax or similar to make this an enjoyable hike. Otherwise tricky parts!
44 days ago
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95
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Shared by David Hitchcock
on Jan 23, 2016. All Page
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