Yosemite National Park: Breeze Lake Backpacking Loop

BLL02

Distance: 5.82 mi	Points: 1135	Calories: none
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BLL01

Distance: 4.75 mi	Points: 1197	Calories: none
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BLL04

Distance: 3.10 mi	Points: 769	Calories: none
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BLL03

Distance: 0.76 mi	Points: 278	Calories: none
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BLL05

Distance: 2.91 mi	Points: 691	Calories: none
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BLL001

Location: 37.530567, -119.447327
Trailhead

BLL002

Location: 37.532715, -119.443367
Follow well-used pack trail into forest of giant Jeffrey pine; L @ 3-way and begin slow, all-day climb

BLL003

Location: 37.538425, -119.440811
Thinner section of forest with many rock piles and picnic-perfect outcrops; jog L then R at back-to-back 3-way junctions

BLL004

Location: 37.572849, -119.420311
Cross stream (first reliable water), then go straight @ 3-way and climb

BLL005

Location: 37.571774, -119.412514
Campsite on E shore of Lower Chain Lake; good fishing for tiny trout; coyotes sing nightly

BLL006

Location: 37.569668, -119.414139
Hike S .1 mi. to photo op on ridge above camp; great sunset spot

BLL007

Location: 37.578442, -119.425743
Retrace steps to waypoint 4; turn R at 3-way toward Fernandez Pass

BLL008

Location: 37.583778, -119.422966
Meander through meadows and churchlike groves of lodgepole pine; go R 3-way

BLL009

Location: 37.598904, -119.422279
R @ T-intersection in buggy Moraine Meadows

BLL010

Location: 37.582180, -119.391762
R @ 3-way between large pond and Breeze Lake

BLL011

Location: 37.577465, -119.394012
Breeze Lake; numerous scenic campsites with views of Gale Peak

BLL012

Location: 37.569363, -119.390182
To bag Gale Peak, climb SW to gain obvious ridgeline approach; go L and begin steep but nontechnical scramble to summit

BLL013

Location: 37.568100, -119.387131
Gale Peak (10, 693 ft.); vistas of Sing and Triple Divide Peaks; Half Dome visible on clear days

BLL014

Location: 37.574680, -119.380798
Continue N along cockscomb to Fernandez Pass; more exposed, difficult scrambling; turn back at Gale if weather looms

BLL015

Location: 37.586884, -119.385139
Fernandez Pass; look E across lake-dappled basin in Ansel Adams Wilderness; go L @ to return to Breeze Lake

BLL016

Location: 37.587929, -119.389114
Side hike from pass to breezy pinnacle; .3 mi. each way

BLL017

Location: 37.576160, -119.396622
From Breeze, climb to notch for easy bushwhack to next campsite

BLL018

Location: 37.570553, -119.395889
Descend drainages S from notch past meadows and small cascades

BLL019

Location: 37.567574, -119.398407
Upper Chain Lake; drool over sunny tent sites, perfect diving boulders, and good trout casting

BLL020

Location: 37.567574, -119.398407
Climb to epic sunset vista (.2 mi. RT); if time permits, ascend ridge to S to unnamed 10,448-ft. peak

BLL021

Location: 37.572849, -119.420311
Follow main trail E from Breeze past Chain Lakes to waypoint 4; go L to return to trailhead