Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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After yet another season of delays, my buddy Greg and I completed Section 5 of the Tahoe-Yosemite Trail from Saint Mary's Pass to the Clark Fork Trailhead at Iceberg Meadow. For Greg, it marked the end of a 52 year journey!

TOC
0:00 Introduction to TYT Section 5
2:05 Saint Mary's Pass
3:43 Traversing to Drop Down
4:31 Goofing Around
5:00 Heading Down Into Clark Fork Meadow
6:25 Arriving at Clark Fork Meadow
7:14 Crossing the Stanislaus River and Clark Fork Meadow
8:17 Lunch at Campsite Waterfall
9:09 Descending Into Clark Fork Canyon
16:07 Searching for River Ford
16:50 Side Quest and Rattlesnake(?)
17:45 More Searching for River Ford
19:20 Crossing the Stanislaus River
20:35 Clark Fork Trail Blazes and Bed
21:41 Trail Hide and Seek
22:19 Reasons to Hike the TYT
22:37 Waterfalls and Creeks
23:31 Finding Miles
24:44 Topping Out
25:32 Killer Views!
26:10 Off Trail Nonsense
30:05 Dropping Down (Somehow on Route)
31:24 Picking Up the Clark Fork Trail
32:06 Speeding Up After the Seven Pines Trail Junction
32:43 Waterfall!
33:07 High Elevation Views
34:10 Boulder Creek Trail Junction
34:40 Soaked Trail
35:40 The Iceberg
36:29 Final Push Around Iceberg Meadow
36:59 Greg Finished the TYT!
37:50 TYT Section 5 Complete!

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MUSIC
Intro/Outro Music: "Happiness" Composer: Benjamin Tissot Standard License certificate #2232653 from bensound.com.
Seeger - John Deley and the 41 Players (YouTube Audio Library)
ES_You Just Missed Out - Headlund - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/fafbe558-ec60-318f-ab96-31ec3b3397a1
ES_Let Me Fall - Headlund - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/ca7eccf5-8316-3044-8f3e-1429d865287c
ES_Joshua Tree - Plain Strolls - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/04bb9557-5087-3480-98d8-e768cc326702
ES_Can't Fall to Pieces - Plain Strolls - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/4065bd24-3959-3190-9265-f31c9e435b3b
ES_Younger Than Ever - Plain Strolls - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/85255f23-fc1a-345f-a104-8123df96af42
ES_Just as Good - Eric Feinberg - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/3ffaecc8-e21f-304c-b2bd-be38cd9bd97f
ES_The Reason I'm Traveling On - Isobelle Walton - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/3e72d2b5-e444-3c28-a2ef-544a11149b07
ES_The Colour of My Heart - River Run Dry - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/9e265b43-4dce-3660-a02c-d1143aa61b3c
ES_Kick the Tires - Will Harrison - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/f8650f3b-d398-4954-bd66-f61bf9b82909
ES_Echoes of Hope - Victor Lundberg - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/d43f99eb-e611-4534-94a1-6ffca9dc6ba3
ES_Dark Outlands - River Foxcroft - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/fe95c080-88f8-3986-94ae-e5617d9b8f0f
ES_Going There - The Undertowns - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/310a3561-eae0-3097-9e49-2decdd21bd3d
ES_Take a Little Drive - Briar Edwards - epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/22c38a68-1acd-30f6-886d-49c56742782a