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The Sierra, Written Large

Seven days through Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia

California High Sierra · 7 days · 323 mi

A week here can go wrong in one predictable way: too much driving dressed up as sightseeing. This route gives Yosemite three real days, treats the journey around the mountains honestly, follows Kings Canyon all the wa...

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Yosemite Valley seen from Tunnel View, with El Capitan, Half Dome, Bridalveil Fall, forest, and snow-dusted granite beneath streaked clouds.
Photo: Aniket Deole · Unsplash License

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Day 1 · The Valley Introduces Itself

  1. Tunnel View
  2. Lower Yosemite Fall and Cook’s Meadow
  3. El Capitan Meadow and Valley View

Day 2 · Earn the Waterfall

  1. Vernal Fall: Footbridge or Mist Trail
  2. Sentinel Bridge and the Merced River

Day 3 · Above the Valley

  1. Washburn Point and Glacier Point
  2. Choose Sentinel Dome or Taft Point

Day 4 · The Long Way Around

  1. General Grant Tree and Grant Grove
  2. Panoramic Point

Day 5 · Into Kings Canyon

  1. Kings Canyon Scenic Byway Overlooks
  2. Roaring River Falls and Zumwalt Meadow
  3. Road’s End and Muir Rock

Day 6 · Among the Monarchs

  1. Giant Forest Museum and Big Trees Trail
  2. General Sherman Tree and Congress Trail
  3. Beetle Rock

Day 7 · Water, Meadow, and Stone

  1. Tokopah Falls Trail
  2. Crescent Meadow and Tharp’s Log
  3. Moro Rock