The Dusy Ershim trail is found in the mountains of Central California, south of Yosemite National Park, but at nearly double the elevation. This trail offers a variety of scenery and landscape that is arguably unparalleled by any other west coast trail. The route, that cuts through deep forest opens up to lush untouched meadows one mile, and later turns into sections of open plains with little tree coverage. Several lakes run along the trail providing excellent camping and opportunities to wash up after a dusty day on the trail. Much of the trail obstacles and surrounding mountain features are made up of large granite boulders. While seemingly similar to the Rubicon trail, due to its 33-mile length the Dusy Ershim has long held a reputation as the much more challenging of the two.

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