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The switchbacks at the bottom of the Upper Yosemite Trail can be grueling. It's rocky and unrelenting as you climb out of the valley.
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Humans aren't the only ones who use the trail. A buck uses the trail to get uphill. In the mornings, animals may use the trail vs going through the brush as an easy way to get to where they'll bed down to rest.
Yosemite Valley
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David Hitchcock
Feb 5, 2016 near Yosemite Valley, CA
“The switchbacks at the bottom of the Upper Yosemite Trail can be grueling. It's rocky and unrelenting as you climb out of the valley.”  

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The switchbacks at the bottom of the Upper Yosemite Trail can be grueling. It's rocky and unrelenting as you climb out of the valley.
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley.
Looking across the Upper Yosemite Falls Trail and the valley to the South Rim.
View from the trail.
Looking down at the falls.
Sometimes animals use the trail to get around. Here, a 10 point buck hits the trail after coming out of the brush.
Humans aren't the only ones who use the trail. A buck uses the trail to get uphill. In the mornings, animals may use the trail vs going through the brush as an easy way to get to where they'll bed down to rest.
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