Hello All:
I'm hoping to get some information about the road between White Wolf (near Tuolumne Meadows) down to Yosemite Valley in Yosemite NP. I'd like to take the bus (already figured out how to do this part) up to White Wolf and ride back down to the Valley while we're there in September. It looks like its about 30 miles, almost all of it downhill. We would be riding in the late afternoon and early evening (we often ride at night and are prepared). I am hoping that the traffic will be lighter at this time of day and time of year as I don't think the road has much, if anything, in the way of shoulders.

While my family is new back into cycling, we have been riding daily for three months and routinely ride up to 20 miles with loaded panniers (we're mostly car-free).

30 miles of downhill/flat shouldn't be a problem, but I'm having a hard time finding out if there are any steep or long uphill sections mixed in with all of the downhill. My daughter is 10 (5' 6'!) and while she physically can do the ride, I don't want her to get discouraged as I would like to do even more touring-type rides in the future.

Any advice or recommendations? Am I crazy?

Thanks in advance.

--Lorise