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Upper Merced Kayaking
Tuolumne Meadows Wilderness Center.
Wilderness Permit from Toulumne Meadows.
View of Merced from Glacier Point Trailhead.
Views serve as good distractions to the long hike.
Mile markers are frequent en route to Merced Lake.
Merced Lake.
Lost Valley of the Merced. A footbridge at the end of this valley marks the start of the most difficult and longest gorge.
A boulder garden above Echo Gorge.
Hard Twist on the Upper Merced River.
Second part of Hard Twist on the Upper Merced River.
Bunnell Cascade Rapid on the Upper Merced River.
The rapid known as Fear on the Upper Merced River.
The final slide is a decent place to camp.