The Tioga - Tenaya - Clouds Rest Picnic starts and ends in Lee Vining, CA, ventures into Yosemite National Park from the East entrance, and involves a multi-sport day of five legs: Bike-Swim-Run-Swim-Bike.
Leg 1: BIKE - Begin biking at the Tioga Pass turnoff at Highway 395 in Lee Vining, CA. Ride up and into Yosemite National Park from the east side of the park, up and over the Tioga Pass at 9,943 feet elevation, and then descend to the crystal waters of Tenaya Lake.
Leg 2: SWIM - From the east end of Tenaya Lake, swim across the lake to the west side where Clouds Rest Trail Head begins. (Note - no gpx files could be created for the swimming legs of this route, but refer to this leg of the Yosemite Picnic FKT route Strava file here for route pre-approval: https://www.strava.com/activities/3931617911/overview.)
Leg 3: RUN - Upon exiting Tenaya Lake on the west side of the lake, run onto the Cloud Rest Trail head and do an out and back on foot of the Clouds Rest Trail.
Leg 4: SWIM - Upon returning to Tenaya Lake on foot via Clouds Rest Trail, swim back across from the west to the east side of Tenaya Lake (Note - no gpx files could be created for the swimming legs of this route, but refer to this leg of the Yosemite Picnic FKT route Strava file here for route pre-approval: https://www.strava.com/activities/3931612666/overview)
Leg 5: BIKE - Ride back to the start of the day's route. Though this reverse of Leg 1 is a net downhill, returning to the start will still require getting back up and over Tioga Pass.
