Hittell's hand-book of Pacific Coast travel . Big Oak Flat roads reach an elevation ofabout 6,500 at their highest points. Clarks is 3,923 feet above thesea; Chinese Camp, 1,300; Priests, 2,823; and the Tuolumne BigTree Grove, 5,794 feet. The Calaveras Grove route has 133 miles of rail and 153 of stage—286 in all. The Big Oak Flat route has 133 of rail and 91 of stage—224 inall. The Coulterville route has 114 of rail and 99 of stage—212 in all. The Raymond route has 200 of rail and 64 of stage—264 in all. Programme.—Those tourists who have a definite programmebefore reaching the Valley, and ar
Hittell's hand-book of Pacific Coast travel . Big Oak Flat roads reach an elevation ofabout 6,500 at their highest points. Clarks is 3,923 feet above thesea; Chinese Camp, 1,300; Priests, 2,823; and the Tuolumne BigTree Grove, 5,794 feet. The Calaveras Grove route has 133 miles of rail and 153 of stage—286 in all. The Big Oak Flat route has 133 of rail and 91 of stage—224 inall. The Coulterville route has 114 of rail and 99 of stage—212 in all. The Raymond route has 200 of rail and 64 of stage—264 in all. Programme.—Those tourists who have a definite programmebefore reaching the Valley, and are with a party prepared to staythe same length of time and make the same excursions, obtain themost satisfaction from their trip. If only four days are to be spentin the valley the following programme may be adopted : The firstday go to Sentinel Dome, stopping at Union Point and Glacier Point,and making a longer stay at Glacier Point than on the Dome. Thesecond day, the Nevada Fall; on the third, Eagle Point, and on THE SIERRA. 157. 158 THE SIERRA. the fourth, Minor Lake in the early morning, and the Bridal Veilin the afternoon. If more than four days are to be spent in the valley, then stayover night at the Nevada Fall, and from there go to the summit ofClouds Rest. One day may be given to the Tooloolweack Fall. Aday may be devoted to a trip from the village by way of GlacierPoint to the Nevada Fall, crossing the Tooloolweack Creek aboveits fall. Those who can give two weeks to the valley and its sur-roundings should consider the Tuolumne Meadows and the Tuol-umne Glacier, to be mentioned hereafter. Trails.—Several points mentioned in the last two sentencesare accessible by trails, or bridle-paths, some of which have beenmade with much labor, and were private property, the ownersof which charged tolls; but in 1SS2 all the trails were pur-chased by the State, and are now free. They are injured by therains and snowslides of every winter, and are repaired by orderof t
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