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| Peak Baguette | From Valley Floor  Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006 | |
| After a failed attempt on 06.24.06 involving swimming across Tenaya Lake to get to the TH and getting lost in the snow, decided to summit Clouds Rest from the Happy Isles side on 07.03.06. Stunning view, but sort of a challenge... as I hiked this, I kept thinking: "John Muir must've been totally ripped!" Clouds Rest is my favorite summit view ever! Next summer, I hope to double bag Clouds Rest with Half Dome from the Valley. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2006 5:22 am | ||
| SeanReedy | My favorite hike so far! Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2006 | |
| Hiked from Sunrise Lakes to Yosemite Valley via Clouds Rest and Half Dome with Bud, Trent, and Stephen. The views from Clouds Rest were the best. My brother Brian and his wife Amaryah thought enough of the views to hang out for 3 and 1/2 hours at the summit before heading back to the trailhead rather than following us down to Half Dome and the valley. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2006 12:13 am | ||
| kngalaric | Better views than Half Dome Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2006 | |
| The views are better, but without the waterfalls. Less crowded too, though not by much. Been up here twice. Tenaya Canyon sure is beautiful. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2006 2:03 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Valley Floor Dayhike Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006 | |
| Climbed up from the valley floor after a quick jaunt up Half Dome first. The climb never seemed to end, though the views from the top are spectacular, well worth the effort. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2006 5:33 am | ||
| ckerth | Northeast Ridge | |
| Climbed Clouds Rest and Half Dome as part of a long day on a backpacking trip | |
| Posted May 29, 2006 9:58 pm | ||
| Bill Kish | Route Climbed: From Tenaya Lake Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2002 | |
| A pleasant hike. Skip the trail near the top and find a clean granite scramble. (x2) From Yosemite Valley in December, camping on top (December 6, 2008). | |
| Posted May 24, 2006 7:41 am | ||
| uwjennie | Route climbed: South Slope from the Valley Date Climbed: May 20, 2006 | |
| After backing off our trip plans to do Bloody Mountain due to weather conditions two of us headed for Yosemite instead. We decided on a whim to hike to the top of Clouds Rest from the Valley on Saturday morning. We started a bit late, so we arrived at the summit around 3. This is the time of year to hike this peak. You get the most amazing waterfalls, views of the snow covered peaks, and there aren't many folks around. We were the only ones on the summit and only saw about 10 people total after leaving the JMT. We had the summit to ourselves on this amazing day. The view is much better than from Half Dome. We were on snow for the last 1000 feet or so. | |
| Posted May 22, 2006 11:42 pm | ||
| lakenyon | trail | |
| 07/2005: Part of a pleasant 4-day backpacking trip. | |
| Posted May 14, 2006 11:03 pm | ||
| rangermatt | Best view in the park Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2005 | |
| Hitchhiked after work up to Tenaya Lake, spent the night on the granite beneath the stars, then went over Cloud's Rest and down to Yosemite. Met a great girl on top and jogged/ran most of the way down to Happy Isles, capped off by the delicious but overpriced Curry Village buffet. | |
| Posted May 3, 2006 11:39 pm | ||
| JasonH | Route Climbed: northeast ridge Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2000 | |
| Great climb. One of the best views I've seen. | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2006 6:54 pm | ||
| Matt Worster | Enough granite to astound a NH boy Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2002 | |
| My first hike in the Sierra, and I just couldn't get over how much granite was out there. It was enough to bring me back to the range the following years, 50-something summits and counting. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2006 3:55 pm | ||
| mountainmatt | East Ridge | |
| After a huge party at SHSC. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2006 6:26 am | ||
| SummitJunkie | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2005 | |
| Hiked solo from Tenya Lake in 2.5 hours. Met a great couple from Holland on the summit, they were just finishing up a 4 day backpack trip through little Yosemite Valley. A very rewarding experience. | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2006 2:11 am | ||
| SawtoothSean | Route Climbed: From Tuolumne meadows Date Climbed: August 30, 1996 | |
| Made a wonderful camp on the lower slopes of Cloud's Rest with a greta view of the Clark Range. Wicked thunderstorm with nearby lightning strikes scrared the hell out of us. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2006 9:04 pm | ||
| OakAsDefense | Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: 24-SEP-05 | |
| Wanted this for a long time, but illness & traffic stopped me. Feeling so-so(?), I left SJC, CA again at 2:00a and hit Tenaya trailhead by 6:45a. With recent illness, didn't know if I would need to camp -- so I backpacked (not u-light) to summit by noon -- filmed, lunched and drank it all in by 1:30p -- dragged back into TenayaLk by 6:30p. A 3 hour nap, and the drive home closed out the 24 hr loop extraordinaire! | ||
| Posted Oct 16, 2005 5:21 pm | ||
| ClimbingJunkie | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: October 14, 2005 | |
| Hiked solo from Tenya Lake in 2.5 hours. Met a great couple from Holland on the summit, they were just finishing up a 4 day backpack trip through little Yosemite Valley. A very rewarding experience. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2005 2:00 pm | ||
| mparker | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: September 26, 2004 | |
| Great workout and scenic views of Tenaya Canyon and of Yosemite Valley from the top of Clouds Rest. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2005 1:06 am | ||
| SgtSarge | Route Climbed: Tenaya Lake Date Climbed: 09-17-2005 | |
| Great hike! Left the trailhead at 0630 and beat the crowds! | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2005 2:21 pm | ||
| KClosson | Route Climbed: From Tenaya Lake Date Climbed: August 9, 2005 | |
| This was a fun hike. It was not too difficult, but I would not say it was completely easy. My brother and I reached the summit in about 2 1/2 hours. We had the summit all to our selves for about 30 minutes since we were early enough in the morning. As we headed back down we past maybe a dozen or more hikers, but about half of them were just going to the Sunrise Lakes area. We stopped by Whoa Nelly Deli for fish tacos and headed home. Oh yeah, there is a squirrel/chipmunk up there that likes to scavenge for food. Watch your backpacks as he knows exactly where the food is and he is not afraid of humans. His name is "Paco". | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 7:52 pm | ||
| sierramtngoat | Route Climbed: northeast ridge Date Climbed: 8/1/2005 | |
| It's views like this that will always leave me speechless. Skipped work and hiked it with my brother. It was very clear and without a lot of traffic on the summit (Monday). This was my third summit, after backpacking over it with my Dad and dayhiking it with Maria. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2005 5:25 am | ||
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