![]() To be closer you could camp at Tuolomne Meadows, here’s our guide to camping in Yosemite to help you with booking. It’s a windy road though so it will probably take at least 1 hour 15 to get to. The trailhead is just under 50 miles from Yosemite Valley, along the Tioga Pass Road. Be very careful where you choose as people drive incredibly fast round the corner here, so try to pick somewhere along the straighter part of the road! The car park here is pretty small and you will inevitably have to park on the road unless you arrive early. The trailhead for Clouds Rest is at Sunshine at Tenaya Lake. Read next: The Lembert Dome hike - for the best views of the Tuolomne MeadowsĮssential info about the Clouds Rest hike Have you done both and have an opinion on which is better? We’d love to hear it! Of course we’d always say do both if you can : ) If you prefer a quieter hike with a truly spectacular summit - or don’t want to take on the somewhat dangerous cables - then go for Clouds Rest. ![]() So overall, we’d say if you’re looking for adventure and a scenic track, and don’t mind the less beautiful summit, go for Half Dome. On Half Dome you only need to look at our picturesto see the crowds that flock to this iconic track. For the most part we were hiking on our own. When it comes to the crowds, Clouds Rest - whilst still popular - is much quieter than Half Dome. If you make it the whole way the satisfaction will be on another level. Despite not making it to the very top we were still pretty happy to have had the opportunity to get even part way up. Excitementįor the excitement factor, Half Dome wins in the sense that it has the cables and - love them or hate them - they certainly get everyone’s heartbeat going. With Half Dome you may or you may not get to the summit, as around 30% of people hiking on our day didn’t get up the cables due to fear of slipping on the smooth granite (and the fact a woman had tragically fallen to her death two weeks before which had everyone rattled).Ĭlouds Rest is at a higher elevation, so we felt more breathless at first, but otherwise it is significantly shorter and easier than Half Dome. There’s nothing technical or scary about Clouds Rest, so you will definitely have the gratification of making it to the summit. In terms of difficulty, Half Dome is much harder and chances are if you start the Clouds Rest hike you will finish it. After all, everyone wants to look at Half Dome, which you clearly can’t do when you’re standing on it. However, from everyone we’ve spoken to, and pictures we’ve seen, the Clouds Rest hike has a much better view from the summit. It is more varied, with more to see for most of the hike. ![]() Having hiked both Clouds Rest and Half Dome (although we couldn’t get all the way up the cables after finding it too scary!), we can tell you that - contrary to what most people say - we think the Half Dome hike is actually more impressive. Interestingly, we met very few that wanted to hike El Capitan, which is pretty surprising given how iconic it is. The summit has wide-ranging 360-degree panoramic views.If you plan to take on one of Yosemite’s big hikes, chances are you have Half Dome or Clouds Rest on your list. The Sunrise Lakes Trail is a round trip hike of 14.5 miles (23.3 km) that begins at an elevation of 8,150 feet (2,480 m) and gains 1,776 feet (541 m) over 7.25 miles (11.67 km) to reach the summit at 9,926 feet (3,025 m). There are three main ways to access the summit of Clouds Rest via the Sunrise Lakes Trailhead off of CA-120 (commonly known as the Northeast Ridge Route) via the Happy Isles Trailhead in Yosemite Valley (commonly known as the South Slope) or via the Northwest Face of the mountain. Bunnell, a medical doctor with the Mariposa Battalion, notes that his party named the summit Clouds Rest because they returned to camp to avoid a snow storm after seeing "the clouds rapidly settling down to rest upon that mountain." Recreation The northwest face, mostly solid granite, rises 5,000 feet (1,520 m) above Tenaya Creek. Ĭlouds Rest is an arête a thin, almost knife-like, ridge of rock formed when glaciers eroded away solid rock to form Tenaya Canyon and Little Yosemite Valley. There are also several technical routes available. The summit can be reached by a 7.2-mile (11.6 km) trail hike from Tioga Pass Road or a 13-mile (21 km) trail hike from Happy Isles by way of Little Yosemite Valley. Although there are many peaks in the park having far greater elevation, the proximity of Clouds Rest to the valley gives it a very high degree of visual prominence. ![]() Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, U.S.Ĭlouds Rest is a mountain in Yosemite National Park, located east-northeast of Yosemite Village, California. Clouds Rest (the United States) Show map of the United States
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