Bearpaw Meadow High Sierra Camp (Sequoia)
High Sierra Trail, Sequoia NP · near Three Rivers / Sequoia NP · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- strenuous
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 23 miles
- Elevation gain
- 2,300 ft
- Time needed
- overnight
- Best season
- Late June–September · High Sierra Trail snow-free window; camp operates ~mid-June to mid-September
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- Yes
- How the permit works
- A Sequoia wilderness permit is required for the backpack, and the tented Bearpaw Meadow High Sierra Camp itself books by a competitive advance lottery (reservations open the prior winter). The adjacent backpacker campground is first-come with a permit.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 4 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Tented High Sierra Camp on a granite shelf · Great Western Divide views · Gateway to Hamilton Lakes & the HST · Backpacker campground alongside
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- The camp books by a hard-to-win winter lottery — if you don't land a reservation, get a wilderness permit and use the backpacker campground next door. It's a real 11.5-mile mountain day each way; start early and carry water.
The guide
Perched on a granite shelf 11.5 miles out the High Sierra Trail from Crescent Meadow, Bearpaw Meadow is one of the Sierra's mos…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Bearpaw Meadow High Sierra Camp (Sequoia) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.5567, -118.6297