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Mirror Lake-Tenaya Canyon Loop

Name: Mirror Lake-Tenaya Canyon Loop
Rating: 3.00

Type: Trail

Length: 4.60 Miles

Elevation Gain: N/A

Cost: N/A

Rating:

(3.00)2

Difficulty: 3stars

(3.00)

Solitude:

(2.00)

ADA Accessible: Yes

Bikes Allowed: Yes

Dogs Allowed: N/A

Interpretive Guide: No

County: Mariposa

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Photos

The trail on the west side of the river is paved up to Mirror Lake. (Photo by coppertone)

Well, it's not a lake at this time of year, but the sandy bottom can be explored. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

A part of the trail resembles an old Roman road. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

Coppertone works here way along the rock strewn path. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

A view along the rockier and more interesting east side of Tenaya Creek. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

Log Entries

What mirror? What lake?
By Austin Explorer on 10/9/2018
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Distance: 2.83 Miles Duration: 1 hour, 12 minutes

Coppertone and I were a bit tired from the three hikes we did yesterday so we decided on this one since it seemed a bit more flat than some others we had chosen. The path we chose to head towards the lake was on the east side of the creek, closest to Half Dome, turned out to be rockier and far more interesting from a hiking perspective than the paved path on the opposite side of the creek we took on the way back.

At this time of year any water in Mirror Lake is long gone. Instead one is greeted by dry rock and large quantities of sand. This made crossing the "creek" trivial.

We decided to head back to the trailhead once we got to the lakebed instead of completing the loop through the Tenaya Canyon. There was a guided walk from Yosemite Village that we decided to join.

Easy hike
By coppertone on 10/9/2018
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Distance: 2.83 Miles Duration: N/A

Hiked with Austin Explorer.

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