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  Every walk included can be beautiful and rewarding, but some walks are most engaging during only part of the year. For instance, without flowers, the mid-elevation areas, such as near White Wolf, are less inspiring to me.

  No description given is intended to be a euphemism for boring—if a phrase such as “quiet forest walk” strikes you as such, pick a phrase that better matches your persuasions.

  The effort and time required to complete a given trail distance can vary enormously. Elevation (that is, low versus high), amount of elevation change, and trail condition all greatly affect your travel speed. In the high elevation regions around Tuolumne Meadows and Tioga Pass, you will walk more slowly than in Yosemite Valley, for there is less oxygen to breathe at the higher elevations. Use trails tend to be slower to walk than constructed trails, for they are narrower and often steeper. Consider, for instance, that the distance from White Wolf to Lukens Lake is nearly identical to the Twenty Lakes Basin circuit, but the latter will likely take twice as long.