I’ve been working on a variation of this high route for a while. I think that I came up with a friendly runner/scrambler way to go. I like this route because of its altitude, never going below 9,477 ft and to a high point of 13,053 ft in 20 miles. It has about 9,900 ft of ascent and 9,900 of descent. I also like the start and stop point being the east entrance to Yosemite National Park at 9,943 ft completing a full loop and that half the route is in the park. It involves all kinds of terrain, hiking trails, climbers trails, off trail running, rock scrambling, snow, gravel and talus.