September 2025 Yosemite

General Info:

Bonus!!!

If you do each of the hikes from Tuesday through Friday, I will give you a Yosemite Park Challenge Medal!

Quick Recap:

Monday September 15th:
  • Headed out from Fremont around 10am
  • Stopped at a fruit stand, ACE h/w for some HD gloves, and mini adventure in Groveland
  • setup/check-in to cabin
  • Get familiar with Curry Village area
  • Prep for Tuesday hike
  • Dinner and meet with Mike
Tuesday September 16th
  • Half Dome
    • L3 Tactical Marine does cables 3x!!
  • Recover & Dinner
Wednesday September 17th
  • Morning adventure to Yosemite Village via Housekeeping
  • Four Mile trail to sentinel dome (*and ice cream* 🍦🍦)
  • Recover + Dinner
  • Prep for Thursday hike
Thursday September 18th:
  • Clouds Rest via Teneya lake
    • Just missed the rain! ⛈️
  • Trip to Lee Vining for dinner
    • Power out in town
    • Avoided boulder in road on way back and took park employee to get help
      since they hit the boulder waived us down to avoid the hazard
  • Prep for Friday departure
Friday September 19th
  • Talk Like a Pirate!
  • Multi Stop adventure on the return
    • Groveland
      • breakfast & coffee at  Top of the Trail Tea and Coffee
      • Sando stop at Kevin N Randi’s Old Fashion Meat Market
      • Iron Door General Store (Said hi to Cathy)
      • Mary Laveroni Community Park
    • Moccasin Campground – Don Pedro Lake
    • Jamestown
      • D D’s Antiques N Such
      • Jamestown Frosty
      • Barendregt’s Grocery
      • Jamestown Hotel Restaurant
      • Chicken Ranch Casino Resort
    • Knights Ferry
      • Ice Cream
      • Post Office
    •  Manteca
      • Dinner
      • Bass Pro Shop
    • Fremont
      • Smoothie