Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 6 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Yosemite National Park
May Lake is one of nine High Sierra Camps. It is nestled into the High Sierra at the beautiful May Lake with stunning views of the surrounding mountain wilderness. The ridge behind the Camp offers magnificent sunsets every evening and the lake is a good spot for fishing. It is kind of a luxury camp with eight tent cabins that you can book way in advance via a lottery system. A night is 159 Dollars. The camp is accessible with a strenuous uphill 1.2 miles hike from the May Lake parking lot.
More information: travelyosemite.com/lodging/high-sierra-camps/travelyosemite.com/lodging/high-sierra-camps
June 25, 2020
The High Sierra Camps are nine rustic lodging facilities located in two national parks and a national monument in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range. Open most years from June or July to September, they are staffed camps with tent cabins and food service facilities and receive their supplies by pack mules.
Seven camps are located in Yosemite National Park. Five of these camps are located off the road in the wilderness, and are accessible only by hiking or by horseback riding. There are two similar camps which can be reached by automobile, located near the Tioga Road.
Six of the camps are arranged along a loop trail 51.0 miles (82.1 km) long, and each camp can be reached in sequence in a one-day hike from the previous camp.
There are also two similar camps to the south of Yosemite, one each in Sequoia National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument.
The rates for 2011 were $151.00 per person per day for lodging, breakfast and dinner, and $15.25 for lunch. Six day saddle trips are $1603.00.
Demand for reservations at the Yosemite backcountry camps is very high, and a lottery is conducted for reservations, with applications being accepted from September 1 to November 1 of the previous year for reservations the following summer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sierra_Camps
Route to get here, and more highlights: komoot.com/tour/6605831
December 16, 2016
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