Smith Peak from Smith Peak Trailhead

Plan a visit

Routes and geography

Published route profile

Recorded for: Smith Peak from Smith Peak Trailhead

Alternate nps day hikes miles

13.0

Distance conflict preserved

Yes

Elevation gain ft

3700

Objective entity ids

peak-smith

Operational status requires current check

Yes

Published start entity id

trailhead-smith-peak

Published time

6 to 8 hours

Round trip miles

13.5

Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-hetch-hetchy

Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
NPS publishes Lookout Point and Smith Peak profiles from Hetch Hetchy trailheads and describes seasonal vehicle access.
Publisher
National Park Service
Observer / attribution
Not recorded
Observed at
Unknown
Retrieved at
2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00
Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

Before you go

These open questions need confirmation; Wayproof does not fill them with guesses.

Which official published mileage should be used for Rancheria Falls and the main Smith Peak route?

Current official pages publish small mileage differences, preserved rather than silently normalized.

Open question. Linked evidence does not resolve this gap.

No specific claim evidence is linked to this question.

Which reviewed NPS features and explicit connectors complete the remaining Hetch Hetchy routes and exact access paths?

Wapama Falls and Poopenaut Valley now have exact-endpoint route graphs. Lookout Point, Rancheria Falls, both Smith Peak approaches, Laurel Lake, and the Lake Vernon/Rancheria loop remain unresolved; unnamed or nearby lines are not joined without route-specific review.

Open question. Linked evidence does not resolve this gap.

No specific claim evidence is linked to this question.

Sources, evidence, and history

Planning facts above are readable first. Open these records when you need to audit a source or see when knowledge changed.

Published ChangeSet history

wp-20260925-yosemite-hetch-hetchy-depth — ADD route-smith-peak-main: Add reviewed Hetch Hetchy planning depth.
wp-20260925-yosemite-hetch-hetchy-depth — ADD claim-smith-peak-main-published-profile: Add reviewed Hetch Hetchy planning depth.