![]() ![]() Permits cost $5 per reservation and $5 per person in the party. Reservations for a permit can be obtained no earlier than 24 weeks before the first night of your stay. ![]() Backcountry permits are required for all overnight stays from May through October. Get around the park using Yosemite’s free shuttle service (nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/valleyshuttle.pdf).įEES/PERMITS To enter park: $20 per car, $10 per pedestrian/ bicyclist. Consult the time-tested authority on Yosemite, or plan other trips in the park using BACKPACKER’s Destination’s page (/destinations/category/206). GUIDEBOOK AND MAP The Complete Guidebook to Yosemite National Park, 6th Edition ($12.95, ). Retrace your steps to the trail junction (Waypoint 4) and fork left to hit Glacier, or bear right to return to the trailhead. Glacier Point, 1.4 miles further down the trail, offers a fresh perspective on Sentinel Dome’s birds-eye Valley vistas. Complete the view by admiring Valley regulars like Half Dome, El Capitan, Clouds Rest and Basket Dome. Directly across the Valley, Yosemite Falls plunge down 2,425 feet of granite, while Nevada and Vernal Fall spill from the Merced River to the east. Mounts Clark and Starr King punctuate the rugged Clark Range to the southeast. The Cathedral Range, dusted by a snowy crown into mid summer, borders the northern panorama. After the trees thin out and Half Dome creeps into view over your shoulder, reach the fallen Jeffrey pine marking the top of the Dome.įrom high above the South Rim on Sentinel’s bald summit, Yosemite’s granite-walled, tree-blanketed valley sprawls majestically to horizons lined by white-capped peaks and toothy, cloud-veiled crags. Fork left to climb Sentinel’s polished northern face. The clearly marked, well-used trail wanders over patches of dirt and slabs of granite before leading to a junction with the Glacier Point spur. Snag views from both vantage points by completing a 5.3-mile out-and-back, or leave a second car at the Glacier Point trailhead to turn this trip into a shuttle hike.īegin by strolling through a high-country landscape dotted by hardy lodgepole, Jeffrey and western white pines. From the trailhead, Sentinel’s bald summit sits 1.2 miles due north, while Glacier Point is perched over the Valley floor just 1.4 miles further east. Make a pilgrimage to the legend on this short, scenery-blasted stroll starting at Glacier Point Road. ![]() Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!Īdorned by the solitary Jeffrey Pine immortalized in many Ansel Adams photographs, the unmistakable Sentinel Dome is deservedly mentioned alongside stalwarts like Half Dome and El Capitan as a Yosemite icon. ![]()
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