Yosemite is a dancing valley. The incredible landscape — massive cliffs and giant waterfalls — are the product of millions of years of motion as granite mounds pushed to the surface and glaciers and ...

Yosemite Valley When most people think of Yosemite National Park, they have visions of epic waterfalls, lodges, massive granite cliffs, and the Merced River flowing through the valley. Others think of ...

Outside my window in Mariposa, California, in the Sierra foothills, I can see that the leaves have turned. Yosemite National Park and the surrounding mountains are an incredible year-round destination ...

2. Yosemite Village Yosemite Village is at the center of Yosemite Valley and has a visitors center, restaurant, gallery and everything you might need for a great day in Yosemite Park. I would ...

The water was winning. Fed by the heaviest Sierra snowmelt in decades, it gushed down the narrow valley’s walls and rushed across the trail in front of me. The bravest and most foolish hikers plunged ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that some of the most formative outdoor experiences of my adult life happened at Yosemite National Park in California. It’s where I went backpacking for the very first time ...