From Yosemite we take the road past ~Camp Curry~ to ~Happy Isles Bridge~. Here we turn to the right on the main ~Glacier Point Trail~ and follow Trail Trip 1 as far as the trail junction at the top of the ~Nevada Falls~ zigzags. At this point we turn left, rising rather abruptly about 200 feet and then following up the north bank of the Merced river. About a half mile takes us to a junction where the ~Little Yosemite Trail~ (Trail Trip 13) continues on up the ~Little Yosemite Valley~. Our trail turns to the left uphill and mounts by switchbacks thru a dense stand of pine, fir and cedar. A climb of 1000 feet in one and a half miles takes us to the junction where the ~Half Dome Trail~ (Trail Trip 14) turns to the left. Our trail turns right along a gently inclined bench and in one-half mile again branches. To the right is the ~Sunrise Trail~ (Trail Trip 8). By taking this trail and branching north on the cut-off route about two miles further, some distance can be saved by those who do not wish to visit Clouds Rest. The main trail, which turns to the left, should be followed. It continues the climb towards the northeast. About half a mile westward are the two ~Quarter Domes~ (Alt. 8160 and 8276). At an altitude of 8200 we pass a spring. Above this the trail rises sharply by zigzags to the base of the ~Pinnacles~ (Alt. 9451). A climb of a few hundred feet along their east flank takes us near the summit of ~Clouds Rest~ (Alt. 9924). A short branch trail up the steep and rocky slope leads to the crest, from which is a vast view in all directions. This is the highest of the Yosemite Valley summits. We descend again to the trail, which turns northeast and follows along the canyon rim, keeping generally just east of the crest. In two miles the cut-off trail from Little Yosemite joins from the right. After gradually bearing to the left, now on the Tenaya Canyon slope, we pass a small lake at the right of the trail. The lake contains no fish, but upstream one mile is ~Mildred Lake~ (Alt. 9600), in which are some very large trout.