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 ...

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 National Park lifted some closures this week, though the heavy snowpack is delaying other openings for the summer season. Open (green numbers) 1/ Big Oak Flat Road. The 4-mile stretch of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fall leaf season is a special time, especially in California. It’s also fleeting. Yosemite National Park is one of the best ...

Update, 8:17 a.m. Monday: Yosemite Valley has now fully reopened, as of 7 a.m. Monday. The valley closure was originally planned to last through Wednesday. For the most recent alerts regarding ...

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 ...