Young Lakes via Dog Lake Trail

Young Lakes via Dog Lake Trail is a 6.74-mile out-and-back foot trail in Yosemite National Park, California. It climbs 990 ft to a high point of 10,044 ft. Difficulty: strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Young Lakes via Dog Lake Trail, Yosemite National Park
Photo: Justin Paulin · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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