While in Yosemite, we took an overnight backpacking trip up into Little Yosemite Valley. Half-Dome wasn’t open yet, since it was still snowed in. That was fabulous, as it felt that we had the whole valley to ourselves. Though we didn’t make it up to the top of Half-Dome, we did hike up to the snow line. While there, I sat and enjoyed the view, taking the opportunity to sketch Half-Dome from the north side.
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Overnighting on the John Muir Trail in Yosemite National Park, we hiked up from our campsite in Little Yosemite Valley to the Half Dome trail. The cables haven’t been installed on HD itself, so the trail isn’t officially open, but we only made it about 3/4 of the way until running into snow anyway. Made for a great location to sit and enjoy the view down into Yosemite Valley and up at Half Dome. Pulled out the graphite and sketchbook to record the iconic granite monolith from the north side .
Got hot while hiking, so zipped off the bottom half of my pant legs, but then cooled down when stopped so pulled the fleece out of my bag.
Hiked up to Inspiration Point in Yosemite National Park (do all parks have an inspiration point?)
Sitting at Inspiration Point I couldn’t not sketch the valley. Here’s the view overlooking Yosemite Valley, photographed and then sketched. Fun to pull out the charcoal pencils again.
While visiting Yosemite National Park we stopped to eat lunch at the beginning of the Lower Yosemite Falls trail. From my seat on the bench I could see Half Dome and decided it was a perfect opportunity for a quick sketch.
