A bit off the typical Yosemite road trip itinerary, a trip to the Hetch Hetchy Valley in the northwest corner of the park surrounds visitors in solitude. One if its signature features is Wapama Falls, ...

A 5-mile trail (round-trip) leads from the Hetch Hetchy Valley’s O’Shaughnessy Dam to Wapama Falls in Yosemite National Park. Christopher Reynolds/Los Angeles Times/TNS The water was winning. Fed by ...

If you’re planning a trip to Yosemite, adding waterfall hikes to your itinerary is a great way to experience the park’s ...

I’ve always had a soft spot for waterfalls. Who doesn’t? So when I planned a family trip to Yosemite last year, I organized my itinerary around as many of the park’s cascades as possible in late ...

Yosemite National Park is renowned for its granite cliff faces, golden valleys teeming with pine, and thundering waterfalls. Lucky for hikers who want those elements without the hassle of the crowds, ...

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 ...

If you’re a human in the United States of America or most places in the world, you’re probably familiar with at least one iconic image of a waterfall flowing down a steep granite cliff surrounding ...

Three thousand people a day visit Mist Trail, which has views of two majestic waterfalls and is arguably the most popular hike at Yosemite National Park. Mist Trail is now going to get a $5-million ...