page_title: High Sierra Camps
section_title: Sunrise High Sierra Camp
hierarchical_section_title: High Sierra Camps / The five backcountry camps / Sunrise High Sierra Camp
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Tenaya Lake and Pywiack Dome
context_page_description: The High Sierra Camps are nine rustic lodging facilities located in two national parks and a national monument in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range. Open most years from June or July to September, they are staffed camps with tent cabins and food service facilities. The backcountry camps receive their supplies by pack mules.
  Seven camps are located in Yosemite National Park. Five of these camps are located off the road in the wilderness, and are accessible only by hiking or by horseback riding. There are two similar camps which can be reached by automobile, located near the Tioga Road.
  Six of the camps are arranged along a loop trail 51.0 miles long, and each camp can be reached in sequence in a one-day hike from the previous camp.
  There are also two similar camps to the south of Yosemite, one each in Sequoia National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument.
context_section_description: The Sunrise High Sierra Camp was the last of the Yosemite camps to be established.  It was founded on July 15, 1961, when Mary Curry Tresidder of the Yosemite Park and Curry Company opened the camp on a shelf above Long Meadow, at an elevation of 9,400 feet (2,900 m).
  This final link made it possible for hikers to take a six-day wilderness loop trip around the Cathedral Range from the Tuolumne River to the Merced River and back again, without carrying a heavy backpack, since nightly accommodations and meals were available at six points along the way.  Clouds Rest, one of John Muir's favorite peaks, is located 7.0 miles (11.3 km) north.
  The Merced Lake High Sierra Camp is located a hiking distance of 10.0 miles (16.1 km) southeast, and the May Lake High Sierra Camp is located a hiking distance of 8.3 miles (13.4 km) northwest.
caption: Tenaya Lake is located between the Sunrise High Sierra Camp and the May Lake High Sierra Camp.
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