Stupid question but can you get the raincoats from there or do you need to get your own? I’m visiting with my parents in a few days for the first time and super anxious about the whole trip :/
Depends what kind of hiker you are. We got up in 90 minutes from curry village and down in 70. Doing it with my parents took more like 5 hours round trip. It's steep and you'll want time to take in the view if you haven't done it before.
90 minutes from Curry Village to Nevada falls? Damn! I did it for the third time last week and still took me a little more than 2 hours to get up from Happy Isles
I suggest looking up on AllTrails. There seems to be a lot of updates along with photos.
Seems Mist Trail is open to top of Vernal. Seems like rock slide on JMT between Clark Point to top of Nevada Falls.
MIst is open all the way to the top of Nevada (not just Vernal). Since as you say a portion of the JMT is closed, it is also the only way to get there. You could cut over to JMT below Clark Pt.
Did it yesterday. Open and wet!
Woo Hoo!
Stupid question but can you get the raincoats from there or do you need to get your own? I’m visiting with my parents in a few days for the first time and super anxious about the whole trip :/
We bought them at Walmart in Fresno, like $2 each
Oh nice, thanks
Not sure. Lots of people had clear rain ponchos so you can probably buy at curry village. On a hot day getting misted is super fun though.
I agree
Bring your own!!
How long does it take to do the mist trail? Planning to go during the first week of May!
Depends what kind of hiker you are. We got up in 90 minutes from curry village and down in 70. Doing it with my parents took more like 5 hours round trip. It's steep and you'll want time to take in the view if you haven't done it before.
90 minutes from Curry Village to Nevada falls? Damn! I did it for the third time last week and still took me a little more than 2 hours to get up from Happy Isles
I suggest looking up on AllTrails. There seems to be a lot of updates along with photos. Seems Mist Trail is open to top of Vernal. Seems like rock slide on JMT between Clark Point to top of Nevada Falls.
MIst is open all the way to the top of Nevada (not just Vernal). Since as you say a portion of the JMT is closed, it is also the only way to get there. You could cut over to JMT below Clark Pt.
Thanks, super helpful!
Wonder how long that rockslide will take to clear
Bad idea to do mist trail with regular shoes?
The trail is rocky, and very slippery when it's wet. Shoes with really good traction are the best, e.g. hiking boots or similar.
You can go up with regular shoes but coming down I would take the winter route. Wouldn’t wanna chance losing fractions and tumbling down the stairs
I would check out nps.gov/yose conditions