Horse Creek Pass
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:10 am
General Overview: Horse Creek Pass is used to cross from/to Twin Lakes out of Bridgeport into/out of Spiller Creek and Northern Yosemite.
Class/Difficulty: People call this pass Class 2 but when I came over it in July 2016 it is a full on trail from start to finish starting at Twin Lakes, basically a walk up.
Location: HST Map The northern part of the pass is the Hoover Wilderness and the Southern is Yosemite NP.
Elevation: Roughly 10,705'
Route Description: From the parking lot at the end of Twin Lakes road park in the South end of the lot which is located at the SW corner of Twin Lakes. There is a trailhead there for Horse Creek but you need to walk south a bit from the parking lot to get to it. I have read reports of people having trouble finding the trail but I think all those issues were a pre dawn start in the dark. Once on the trail it is very easy to follow until maybe 2/3 of the way up and you get into a rocky area but route finding shouldn't be an issue with common sense (keep heading south and up). I only took the trail to the pass as I was heading up to Matterhorn so I am not sure what/if any trail exists heading further south into Yosemite NP.
Photos: This is the only photo that I have from that day that helps any. Unfortunately I had to be to work later that day and I was hurrying to summit Matterhorn and get out of there.
Class/Difficulty: People call this pass Class 2 but when I came over it in July 2016 it is a full on trail from start to finish starting at Twin Lakes, basically a walk up.
Location: HST Map The northern part of the pass is the Hoover Wilderness and the Southern is Yosemite NP.
Elevation: Roughly 10,705'
Route Description: From the parking lot at the end of Twin Lakes road park in the South end of the lot which is located at the SW corner of Twin Lakes. There is a trailhead there for Horse Creek but you need to walk south a bit from the parking lot to get to it. I have read reports of people having trouble finding the trail but I think all those issues were a pre dawn start in the dark. Once on the trail it is very easy to follow until maybe 2/3 of the way up and you get into a rocky area but route finding shouldn't be an issue with common sense (keep heading south and up). I only took the trail to the pass as I was heading up to Matterhorn so I am not sure what/if any trail exists heading further south into Yosemite NP.
Photos: This is the only photo that I have from that day that helps any. Unfortunately I had to be to work later that day and I was hurrying to summit Matterhorn and get out of there.