Glen Aulin-7,795' (Falls Ridge) (37.9115900, -119.4246052)
Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp-7,913' (Falls Ridge) (37.9088124, -119.4187715)
Description : Trips : References : Pictures
Description:
“It was probably in the winter of 1913-1914 that he (R. B. Marshall, U.S. G.S.) came to me in the office of the U. S. Geological Survey here in Washington, with a Mount Lyell sheet in his hand and pointing out this little valley on the map, told me what a beautiful spot it is and asked me to suggest a name. I at once suggested Glen Aulin, ‘beautiful valley or glen,’ and wrote it for him in this way, that it might be correctly pronounced—the ‘au’ as in author. The correct Gaelic (Irish) orthography is Gleann Alainn. (Letter from James McCormick, now Secretary, United States Geographic Board, February 11, 1926.) From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
The most beautiful place in the entire world is a little High Sierra camp near Glen Aulin. It lies at the base of a waterfall on the Tuolumne River. In early summer when the water is rushing down, it is one of the most remarkable works of nature that I have ever seen. It is quiet, except for the roar of the river and the beautiful aspens, ferns and pines. From letter which Governor Pat Brown sent to Art Seidenbaum on Jan 29, 1970
From GNIS:
- Glen Aulin
- In Yosemite National Park, on the Tuolumne River at the southeast base of Falls Ridge.
Trips:
- June 19, 2012 - Backpack trip from Tuolumne Meadows to McGee Lake
- June 20, 2012 - Day hike from McGee Lake down the Tuolumne River to Waterwheel Falls
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