Yosemite is spectacular in winter. Henry and I drove down early to the valley to go up the Yosemite Falls trail to Upper Yosemite Falls. The trail had tons of ice so we had to hike up the edge of it. The views on this trail are simply spectacular. Upon reaching the rim we put on our snowshoes. There was plenty of fresh powder from the previous few days.
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| Final destination of Eagle Peak |
From the top of the ridge the entire snow-covered valley sprawls out beneath you. We continued on for several more miles until reaching Eagle Peak. The views were incredible. Not a footprint in sight as we had the north rim entirely to ourselves.
We headed back down in a race against the sunset. The Yosemite Falls trail was super slick, so we ended up going down much of it on our backside or on the more crunchy snow just off the trail. Some microspikes would really help to get down this trail. An absolutely awesome day!
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| Tunnel up to Badger Pass |
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| Frozen Bridalveil Falls |
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| Top of Yosemite Falls |
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