North Dome and Indian Rock - Yosemite National Park - 8.20.2012

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North Dome is a hike of 8.8 miles roundtrip, gaining 1500 feet of elevation... add another .6 miles if you also do Indian Rock... gaining ~200 feet more.
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For the shortest route, use the Porcupine Creek trailhead on the south side of Tioga Road... 1.3 miles east of the Porcupine Flat Campground.
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Looking up... most of this hike is in the forest.
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Denali Girl at one of the rock outcroppings along the way.
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Almost out of the trees.
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First good view of Half Dome (left)... but still a ways to go to get out to North Dome (right).
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Looking back to where we came out of the trees... there are nice views there also, but not as nice as those on North Dome.
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I'm on North Dome here... I needed to deal with that steep cliff in the center of the photo, but there was a huge crack in it that helped get me down to the trees.
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Clouds Rest from North Dome... granite anyone?
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From North Dome we are looking across Tenaya Canyon to Clouds Rest and Half Dome.
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Looking down on Yosemite Valley from North Dome.
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On the way back to the car we decided to take the .3 mile hike out to Indian Rock.
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Denali Girl on the way to Indian Rock... which doesn't look all that interesting from this angle.
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Indian Rock is the only natural arch in Yosemite National Park.
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Half Dome framed by the arch at Indian Rock.