The Minaret Vista loop is a short scenic trail beginning and ending at the Minaret Vista parking and interpretive area. The trail descends briefly to the north then loops around east and south back to the parking area, winding through a grove of wind-beaten whitebark pines and affording sweeping views stretching from the Ritter Range and the southern edge of Yosemite National Park all the way to the White Mountains and the Nevada border. Patches of open high alpine tundra are dotted with low-lying wildflowers in mid-summer.