Glacier Point Trail
Glacier Point Trail — tail catalogue entry from OSM relation 17047992. Geometry and elevation are OSM/GLO-30 and provisional. No special permit known; verify locally.
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Distance 1.6 km Reported · Ascent provisional (DEM sample) · High point provisional (DEM sample) · 1d · SAC T2 · Ungraded (tail ingest)
Cite this record
The Hiking World, Glacier Point Trail, read 2026-10-07, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/glacier-point-trail
How we verify · last checked 2026-10-07
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial team · author
Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
Forecast at page generation, 2026-11-04T22:07:53.640Z
Representative point on Glacier Point Trail: 41.327°, -72.743°, about 79 m. A forecast, not a trail-surface reading.
Source Open-Meteo. Mountain weather changes with elevation and aspect.
Official alerts
Checked 2026-09-10 against US National Park Service. No closure is in the stored alert list for this check.
Source: US National Park Service
No active NPS alerts for the park units on this route (last checked 2026-09-10).
US National Park Service is the authority — check nps.gov before you go. This desk is not the authority.
Yosemite National Park NPS alerts (Glacier Point). Park-wide notices are labelled as such.
Life-safety notices on this page come from the issuer.
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GeoJSONThis line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON
Catalog entry
- SAC T2
- Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
Stored distance is 1.6 km. The chart axis follows the DEM sample (1.64 km), not the published line length.
Tail catalogue entry built from OpenStreetMap relation 17047992 (ODbL). The stored line is the OSM geometry, decimated; its 2-D length is provisional and not published as walking distance.
Elevation high/low and ascent/descent are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at the line vertices (copernicus-dem:glo-30) and remain provisional.
No special permit was researched for this trail. Permit is marked unverified — confirm locally before relying on it.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Permits & fees
Conditions, fees and rules change. Confirm with the issuer and local authorities before you go. This is a reference, not a substitute for local advice. Terms
Permit status is unverified.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Getting there car-free
- Glacier Point Trail (start): car-free flag unknown.
- Glacier Point Trail (end): car-free flag unknown.
Trailheads
- Glacier Point Trail (start) car-free: unknown
- Glacier Point Trail (end) car-free: unknown
Questions
Do I need a permit for Glacier Point Trail?
Permit status is unverified for Glacier Point Trail. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.
How difficult is Glacier Point Trail?
Glacier Point Trail is graded SAC T2 · YDS 1.
How long is Glacier Point Trail?
The length on this record is 1.6 km (reported). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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