Kerrick Meadow Yosemite | Slide Mouse
Our hike will continue on trail with a descent from seavey pass 9 150 feet to a stop at beautiful benson lake 7 581 feet known for its large sandy beach.
Kerrick meadow yosemite. Twin lakes trailhead peeler lake kerrick meadow arndt lake. Past peeler lake the trail enters yosemite national park and descends into kerrick meadow which at this point is a lovely alpine meadow but a very fragile environment traffic easily wears the trail deeply in this place. Hoover wilderness and yosemite national park 3 days september 2010 route. Kerrick meadow is closed each year to padstock grazing to reduce impacts to the federally threatened yosemite toad and endangered sierra nevada yellow legged frog.
Trails in yosemite may be closed when there are hidden hazards or are impassable due to rock fall snow ice or fire. We will hike down kerrick meadow toward seavey pass where we will make camp by a nearby lake 9 150 feet. The determination has been reached that some of the kerrick meadow closure can be reopened on a trial bas is to. Posted another pic here.
From kerrick meadow in upper rancheria creek the topography lends itself to a more customary pass and valley pattern. Within minutes i crossed the border from hoover wilderness into yosemite and quickly after that i reached kerrick meadow. If you don t count the bugs. The yosemite high route visits rock island lake passes by the slide and undertakes burro and matterhorn passes in quick succession.
The area will temporarily reopen to grazing on august 15 2019. Federally threatened yosemite toad anaxyrus canorus and federally endangered sierra nevada yellow legged frog rana sierra both listed june 2014. Hoover wilderness and yosemite national park 3 days september 2010 route. Truthfully despise the mosquitoes kerrick meadow is a quality meadow a quintessential sierra meadow.
Kerrick meadow is located just about the same elevation as yosemite s much much more famous tuolumne meadows but without the crowds we had the place to ourselves for our time there. Twin lakes trailhead peeler lake kerrick meadow arndt lake.