Adventure: 008, Hike 120 - Taft Point

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 008, Hike 120 - Taft Point

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 14, 2012

Location: Yosemite, Glacier Point Road

Hike Info:

Trail: Taft point

Distance: 2.5 miles

Duration: 1:31

Elevation Rise: 463'

Description:

This was hike number three for the day. Thing One and Thing Two were wondering if they were going to be able to get one more hike in before dark. We are always up for a challenge. So trying to be speedy away we went. There are two trails that leave from this junction. Earlier this season we went on the trail to the right to Sentinel Dome. (See hike number 31) But this time we were going to Taft Point. We saw a small buck, a baby  and  mama deer. The trail was much better than Sentinel dome. It was nice and wide and easy to follow. We did not quite make it to the point before the sun went behind the mountain. But we continued on and were able to see the wonderfully colored sky and watch the light off the hills from Taft Point. Even though we have been in this area several times the View from Taft point and the fissures are stunning. We returned to the car at dusk but it did get dark and Thing Two followed closely on Thing One heels.

Robert Stone in Yosemite National Park 80 Great Hikes states: “Taft Point is a rocky knoll that overhangs the south rim of Yosemite Valley 3,500 feet above the valley floor. The Fissures on the Profile Cliff are five vertical fractures in the overhanging cliff, creating crevasses in the huge granite masses hundreds of feet deep.” Page 152