Yosemite Backpacking Trips

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Guided journeys through Yosemite

Discovering Yosemite

Yosemite National Park is truly a crown jewel of America’s many outstanding backpacking destinations. This remarkable landscape, deeply loved by naturalist John Muir and photographer Ansel Adams, features breathtaking mountains, deep valleys, majestic meadows, ancient sequoias, wild rivers, massive granite domes and much more. Our Yosemite hiking tours visit the most sought after icons of the Sierra Nevadas: Half Dome, Nevada Falls, Cathedral Lakes and the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne…to name a few.


With over 800 miles of scenic trails, the options for hiking and backpacking this sublime wilderness are plentiful. Come and see what those before you found so awe-inspiring and deeply compelling. Our Yosemite backpacking tours have become a favorite of our many loyal guests and we’re sure they will provide you with endless fond memories.

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Experience Yosemite: Guided Adventure Tours

Discover The Beauty

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Clouds Rest & Half Dome Backpacking
  • Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 6/10
  • Distance: 28 miles
Starting At $1,975
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Half Dome 3-Day Backpacking Tour
  • Duration: 3 Days / 2 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 5/10
  • Distance: 18 miles
Starting At $1,675
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Half Dome 4-Day Backpacking Tour
  • Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 5/10
  • Distance: 18 miles
Starting At $1,950
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Merced River Loop Backpacking
  • Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 6/10
  • Distance: 35 miles
Starting At $2,150
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Red Peak Pass Loop Backpacking
  • Duration: 6 Days / 5 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 9/10
  • Distance: 48 miles
Starting At $2,350
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Thousand Island Lake Backpacking
  • Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 6/10
  • Distance: 2 miles
Starting At $1,975
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Tuolumne Meadows & Waterfalls Backpacking
  • Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 3/10
  • Distance: 15 to 20 miles
Starting At $1,875
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Vogelsang Alpine Loop 4-Day Backpacking
  • Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 6/10
  • Distance:~25 miles
Starting At $1,950
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Vogelsang Alpine Loop 5-Day Backpacking
  • Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 6/10
  • Distance: 38 miles
Starting At $2,250
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Vogelsang to Half Dome Backpacking
  • Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 7/10
  • Distance: 35 miles
Starting At $2,250
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Yosemite Falls & Snow Creek Backpacking
  • Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
  • Trip Style: Backpacking
  • Difficulty: Level 6/10
  • Distance:~25 miles
Starting At $1,895
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Exceptional Guides

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Our guiding staff consists primarily of seasoned veterans who have been guiding professionally, full-time, for a decade or more. In addition to their extensive experience, our guides are fun, accommodating, approachable, entertaining, polite and just plain good people.

All-Inclusive Tours

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We’re at work, you’re on vacation! We take care of all the logistics associated with a backcountry adventure and handling all the dirty work. Gear, food, permits, transportation…we have you covered and it’s all included.

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The Southwestern U.S. is our home and our passion. We’ve been exploring this region for decades and know it intimately. This is our niche and nobody does it better.

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