The ~Pohono Trail~ trip is one of the most beautiful of Yosemite excursions. Striking eastward from Fort Monroe on the Wawona Road, it traverses a delightful wooded country in which are some of the finest wild-flower gardens of the park. From time to time it emerges at the rugged ramparts of the south wall and affords many vast panoramas. The round trip from Yosemite to Fort Monroe via Pohono Trail and return to the valley via the Short Trail is too long to be attempted by the average walker in one day. Even the trip to Glacier Point by this route is a long one, and it is suggested that the itinerary outlined in Trail Trip 17 be followed in preference. At Fort Monroe, an old stage relay station on the Wawona Road, is a fairly good auto camp. From here one may visit all the lookout points on the south rim by an easy one-day walk, or may continue to the Glacier Point Hotel (11.7 miles), returning the next day. The ~Pohono Trail~ turns eastward from the Wawona Road at ~Fort Monroe~, eight miles distant from Yosemite. In the long steady climb of 1400 feet in the first two miles we cross two small mountain streams and near the top of the ascent pass about a quarter mile south of ~Old Inspiration Point~ (Alt. 6603), from which Yosemite was first seen by white men on March 21, 1851. The gently sloping trail now winds beneath the firs thru most luxurious gardens of wild-flowers. Shortly we cross ~Meadow Brook~ which, a quarter mile below, plunges over ~Widow's Tears~. Trending northward about half a mile we now emerge at ~Stanford Point~ (Alt. 6659), one of the promontories of the south rim. From here, as from all other lookouts along the top of the great south wall, is a vast panorama. Retracing our path a short distance we turn to the left, cross another small brook, and climb 350 feet in the next half mile to ~Crocker Point~ (Alt. 7090). Closely paralleling the rim for another half mile we halt at ~Dewey Point~ (Alt. 7316), the imposing apex of one of the great granite buttresses. ~Cathedral Rocks~ and the ~Leaning Tower~ are here viewed from an unusual angle. To the northward ~El Capitan~ dominates the north wall and ~Ribbon Falls~ is most advantageously seen.