Hike Yosemite

The Trailmaster says, "Take a Hike!"

From the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees to Yosemite Valley to Tuolumne Meadows, Hiking Expert John McKinney shares his favorite hikes to Yosemite's natural wonders.

Choose an easy hike in Yosemite Valley, moderate hike to Glacier Point, or the challenging ascent of Half Dome.
Hike to famed Vernal Fall, follow Mist Trail to Nevada Fall, trek to Yosemite Falls, North America s highest waterfall.
Chill-out at Gaylor Lakes and Cathedral Lakes, get grand vistas from atop Lembert Dome, Clouds Rest and Mt. Dana.

Complete with The Trailmaster s colorful stories, trusted trail accounts and easy-to-follow maps by Master Mapmaker Tom Harrison.



John McKinney is the author of 25 books about hiking, parklands and nature, including The Hiker's Way and A Walk Along Land's End: Dispatches from the Edge of California on a 1,600-mile hike from Mexico to Oregon.

HIKE Smart and HIKE for Health & Fitness are among the titles in The Trailmaster's Minibuk series, designed to give hikers the information they need in an engaging and easily accessible way.

For 18 years, he wrote a weekly hiking column for the Los Angeles Times, and has hiked and enthusiastically described more than ten thousand miles of trail across America and around the world. John, a.k.a.The Trailmaster, has written more than a thousand articles about hiking plus numerous trail guidebooks, including Southern California: A Day Hiker's Guide and Day Hiker's Guide to California's State Parks.

A passionate advocate for hiking and our need to reconnect with nature, John McKinney shares his expertise on radio, TV, online, and as a public speaker.