Ribbon Falls Unmarked Trail in Yosemite National Park

Another week and another hike in Yosemite. This time the group decided to hike an unmarked trail to Ribbon Falls. The trail cannot be found anywhere on maps, and it is rather difficult to figure out the way up without knowing the way. Our hike leader has hiked the trail once, so he had the route recorded on Gaia GPS app. Even with that recording we got off track a few times.

The trail appears to be relatively easy on paper: 2.5 miles round trip with 1,000 ft elevation gain. In reality, you really feel the elevation gain since the trail is literally straight up. Certainly a challenging cardio for me since I rarely engage in any cardio activities at the gym.

The trail begins with a slight incline, but quickly becomes steep and continues so for the rest of the hike up. The views on top are unique, and the falls are definitely something to put on your bucket list.

On the way back, as I was exiting the park I saw a line of cars trying to get in. A line probably over 2 miles long... And this is not the busy season yet, just a long weekend. Glad I got there early...