![]() ![]() ![]() We did spot the cutest chubby little chipmunk on the way down from Sentinel Dome though. One last note – the ground squirrels at Sentinel Dome & Taft Point are super scavengers! Watch your packs, and be prepared to defend your lunch. The cover photos for this blog post is of Curtis (the red dot) at Taft point, taken by me on the same cliff. My favorite picture of me was taken by Curtis who was on Taft point while I was a ways away on some other rocks (second photo on this post). Taft point, once we arrived there, is a nice little area to explore. The contrast allows me to enjoy the solitude even more, really hearing the birds and enjoy the hike. Why? Because there are moments in Yosemite when you are surrounded by people, like we were on Sentinel Dome (and Taft Point) but if you continue just slightly down the trial you will find yourself completely alone. Although using this trail extended the length of our hike by a couple of miles this is one of those trails that I consider fully worth the extra hike. Curtis & I were excited to see that we could see Banner from here, a mountain we normaly can only see from the Eastern Side of the SierraĪfter enjoying a beer we descended and traveled on to the left to loop around the back of Sentinel Dome. We hiked this one on June 20th, on a rare weekday day hike. There is a very neat little display on the top of Sentinel Dome that provides a “Key” to figuring which mountains you are looking at on the horizon. Sentinel Dome & Taft Point Loop Hike Jul 17, ’13 by Denise in On Adventures, Yosemite Day Hike I have been meaning to post about Curtis & I’s hike to Sentinel Dome and Taft Point since late June. We ended parking on a pullout instead a ways up the road, which was tricky in the low clearance Focus.ĭistance: We hiked a loop, instead of two out and backs, which ended up being 6.25 miles in distance (further than doing the two out and backs). Trailhead: A small parking lot for the combined trailheads are located about 12 miles up Glacier Point Rd ( map). Hiking Sentinel Dome and Taft Point, Yosemite Perhaps that is why the combo of the two short hike destinations are so compelling – One to remind you that vast mountains are but molehills under the sky, and that other to capture that feeling on film. If we had to choose one over the other, personally we both preferred the vistas from Sentinel Dome best, but the pictures of each other from Taft point made that portion of the trip neat as well. There is also a famous tree, that has now fallen, that Ansel Adams photographed many years ago. The trek was not very intense, but provided some of the best views of far eastern mountains that we have ever seen while inside of the park. The first stop along this route is Sentinel Dome, which is a short trek to the top of a granite dome with amazing views of the valley and the terrain to the west. I have been meaning to post about Curtis & I’s hike to Sentinel Dome and Taft Point since late June. ![]()
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