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Yosemite National Park Backpacking Trips

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK GUIDED BACKPACKING TRIPS

If you would like to visit the Yosemite backcountry for an extended adventure that will be sure to create memories to last a lifetime, check out any of our Yosemite backpacking trips! From summiting Half Dome & Clouds rest on a single trip, to trekking from May Lake to Snow Creek, we’ve got options for all interests and abilities. Our experienced guides have an extensive knowledge of the Yosemite backcountry and will give you the best backpacking experience possible. 

On all backpacking trips we will teach the principles of Leave No Trace ethics, and as requested other wilderness skills such as map and compass, survival skills, ecology, geology, and cooking, just to name a few. If the best backpacking in Yosemite is on your bucket list, let us help you check it off with one of our trips below!!

Our Guided Yosemite Backpacking Trips

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View from Glacier point to half dome on one of our Yosemite backpacking trips

Glacier Point to Half Dome

Looking for an incredible Yosemite backpacking trip that summits Half Dome? This unforgettable adventure starts at Glacier Point and traverses some of the park’s most beautiful backcountry en route to the Half Dome summit.

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Moderate-Strenuous

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4 Days
Sunset on one of our Yosemite Backpacking Trips from Clouds Rest to Half Dome

Cathedral Lakes to Clouds Rest & Half Dome

This Yosemite backpacking trip follows one of the most iconic sections of the John Muir Trail, weaving between majestic alpine lakes to the summits of Clouds Rest and Half Dome!

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Strenuous

Trip Length:

5 Days
One of our Yosemite backpacking trips from Tuolumne to Half Dome

Tuolumne Meadows to Half Dome

If you’re looking to avoid the crowds and experience some of Yosemite’s most spectacular backcountry scenery, this is the Yosemite Backpacking trip for you!

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Moderate-Strenuous

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6 Days

Yosemite Icons Backpacking

For the hiker wanting to see it all, this Yosemite Backpacking trip offers stunning views of Yosemite’s most famous landmarks from rarely seen perspectives.

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Moderate-Strenuous

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5 Days

May Lake to Snow Creek

This family-friendly Yosemite backpacking trip includes some of the most iconic Yosemite vistas, coupled with fun and relatively mellow hiking.

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Moderate

Trip Length:

4 Days

Amazing Sunsets

During this five-day Yosemite Backpacking trip you’ll experience some of the park’s most pristine wilderness locations, and the most epic sunset spots!

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Easy-Moderate

Trip Length:

5 Days
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Hidden Yosemite Backpacking Trip

Many believe that the northern portion of Yosemite National Park is the last true wilderness of the Sierra Nevada. Explore all it has to offer on this Yosemite Backpacking Trip.

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Strenuous

Trip Length:

6 Days
View from our Yosemite Backpacking trips to the grand Canyon of the tuolumne

Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne

The Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne is a true gem in a less-visited area of Yosemite. Explore everything Tuolumne has to offer on this Yosemite Backpacking Trip

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Strenuous

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5 Days
View from one of Our Yosemite Backpacking trips

Alpine Lakes and Summits

Summit two of the park’s most iconic peaks over the course of three nights in the backcountry on this Yosemite Backpacking Trip, while camping and exploring the park’s stunning alpine lakes!

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Moderate-Strenuous

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5 Days
Yosemite Yoga Retreat

Yosemite Yoga Retreat

Let the stunning Sierra high country be your classroom for this three-day, high-adventure yoga retreat in Yosemite! Combines entry-level Yosemite Backpacking Trips & Yoga escape

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Moderate

Trip Length:

3 Days
View from our Yosemite Backpacking Trips Founders Fall Adventure

Founders Fall Adventure

Our Founder and our Operations Director are your guides for this iconic Yosemite backpacking trip to raise funds for disadvantaged youth!

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Moderate-Strenuous

Trip Length:

6 Days

Yosemite Half Dome Guided Backpacking Trips

One of the most iconic natural wonders in the world, Half Dome draws thousands of hikers and backpackers to its summit every year. Reaching the summit at 8.839’ is a physically difficult and incredibly rewarding experience, and a must-do for any serious hiker. Half Dome requires a long uphill hike at altitude followed by a final 400 foot ascent up the side of the dome using steel cables. Since 1997, we’ve guided groups along every step of this exhilarating experience. Our catalog of Yosemite trips includes several backpacking trips that summit Half Dome, as well as our signature Half Dome in a Day Trip. These trips are among our most popular adventures, and for good reason! (All Lasting Adventures trips including required permits.)

Glacier Point to Half Dome

Cathedral Lakes to Clouds Rest & Half Dome

Tuolumne Meadows to Half Dome

Founders Fall Adventure

MORE YOSEMITE BACKPACKING TRIPS

In addition to offering multiple Half Dome backpacking trips, our Yosemite trips also lead clients to lesser known areas and “secrets” that we have found over the years such as off-the-trail high alpine lakes (where fish are plentiful), backcountry waterfalls, alpine meadows, hidden vistas, watering holes and natural waterslides. 

These trips explore some of our guides’ favorite parts of the park, including Sawtooth Ridge, Mt. Hoffmann and the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. If you’re looking for a truly unique Yosemite backpacking trip experience, these tours are for you.

Yosemite Icons Backpacking

May Lake to Snow Creek

Amazing Sunsets

Hidden Yosemite Backpacking Trip

Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne

Alpine Lakes and Summits

Yosemite Yoga Retreat

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