5 days / 4 nights in July 2023
Distance: 59 miles
Elevation Gain: 14,000′
Permit: Glacier Point -> Illilouette
Route: Glacier Point -> Lower Merced Pass Lake -> Lower Ottoway Lake (2 nights, with out-and-backs to Red Peak and Red Peak Pass) -> Little Yosemite Valley (with out-and-back to Clouds Rest) -> Glacier Point
Highlights: Lower Ottoway Lake, Red Peak Pass, wildflowers, rattlesnake