Merced Pass Trail

Merced Pass Trail is a 23.6-mile out-and-back foot trail in Yosemite National Park, California. It climbs 2,319 ft to a high point of 9,298 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Merced Pass Trail, Yosemite National Park
Photo: Justin.Johnsen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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