Cathedral Lakes Trail
Cathedral Lakes Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back foot trail in Yosemite National Park, California. It climbs 1,000 ft to a high point of 8,581 ft. Difficulty: strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 0.94 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone. The figure is for the Park Service's “Cathedral Lakes” hike, which uses this trail.
- 3.5 mione way
- 7 miround trip
- 0.94 mimapped segment only
- 1,000 ftelevation gain
- 8,581 fthigh point
- Strenuousdifficulty
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From the National Park Service
Cathedral Lakes
7 miles (11.2 km) round trip
Read the official NPS description
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