Clouds Rest Hike Guide

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Stay straight on the main trail, avoiding the trail to Tenaya Lake on the left.

The trail starts on the boardwalk right next to the toilet.

Here’s a view of the spine looking back from the summit. Take the trail to the left (right here in reverse view) of the top of the spine and you’ll be fine. You can also see that there is not a sheer drop down to the right in this shot. Just rocks and some

Although the final push to Clouds Rest is exposed, it’s not super-narrow if you follow the trail, which goes to the left of the actual spine in the narrower parts. The view here, which is probably 20 feet wide, is generally as narrow as you will experience

From the Sunrise Lakes trailhead, the route climbs hard to the top of the first ridge, rolls through forest, then finishes with the exposed granite ridge to the Clouds Rest summit.

The Sunrise Lakes Trailhead parking area is in a turn-in from Tioga Road, and offers a decent amount of parking. People visiting Tenaya Lake and doing overnight backpacking trips also use the parking lot, so it can be full. There is overflow parking along

Although the final push to Clouds Rest is exposed, it’s not super-narrow if you follow the trail, which goes to the left of the actual spine in the narrower parts. The view here, which is probably 20 feet wide, is generally as narrow as you will experience

From Tenaya Lake, you have a level section before the first climb. Then it’s a slight downhill with some rolling terrain, and then a climb up to the summit. You can see the drop on the west side of Clouds Rest in this view.

The hike to Clouds Rest is not a straight uphill. The hardest part is the initial climb. After that you have some rolling terrain and then the final climb to the summit, which is not as steep or tough as the first climb. This is a one-way view of the hike

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The Sunrise Lakes Trailhead parking area is in a turn-in from Tioga Road, and offers a decent amount of parking. People visiting Tenaya Lake and doing overnight backpacking trips also use the parking lot, so it can be full. There is overflow parking along

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