Hoover Wilderness - Virginia Lakes to Yosemite NP - Tuolumne Meadows - 06/25 - 06/28, 2015
Trip Logistics When - June 26– 28, 2015 Hoover Wilderness – Virginia Lakes to Yosemite NP – Tuolumne Meadows Total Elevation Gain – Approx 1500 ft. Total Mileage – Approx. 25 miles Pictures This is part 1 of a section hike I and my friend Steve are doing from Tuolumne Meadows to Tahoe. Our first section we planned to hike was Ebetts Pass to Sonora Pass in 3 days. When Steve went to go check on where to pick up our permit we found out that was a bit of a wildfire burning by Markleeville and that Highway 4 at Ebbets Pass was closed…so much for getting the first section of our section hike done…and this meant a quick choice of a plan B. Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne was offered up and I shot it down since I decided I’d like to skip the 100 degree heat at the start of the hike and I still haven’t quite recovered from my rattlesnake encounter on...