Exploring Graveyard Peak in the Sierra Nevada

I've always already been drawn to titles that sound a bit ominous, so trekking up to graveyard peak has been basically a requirement for my last trip to the Sierra. It's among those titles that catches your own eye on a topo map and makes you wonder the actual story is. Can it look like the tombstone? Could it be haunted? To be sincere, as soon as you get up there, it's regarding as far from a cemetery as you can get. It's full of life, granite, and some of the most ridiculous views within the John Muir Backwoods. ...

March 19, 2026 · 8 min · Mitra Fairchild