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Panorama Trail is a 10-mile long point-to-point hike from the top to the bottom of Yosemite Valley. Starting at Glacier Point and ending at Happy Isles, the trail descends 3,200 feet and is filled with sensational views. You could not pick a more panoramic start for Panorama Trail than Glacier Point, a spectacular drive-up overlook atop the south wall of Yosemite Valley.… Read more.

On the path to Half Dome, Yosemite’s most imposing “bucket list” hike, there are two impressive waterfalls coursing down the Merced River. The Mist Trail provides the steepest most intimate experience of Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall. John Muir Trail takes a more gradual route to the top of Nevada Fall and is the most practical route for those continuing to Half… Read more.

Two paved paths lead to a viewing bridge below Lower Yosemite Fall creating a 1.2-mile loop to the foot of the tallest waterfall in North America, and the fifth tallest in the world. The western side of the loop has been constructed in line with the waterfall to provide an absolutely eye-popping, jaw-dropping, imagination-defying, awe-inspiring view of the 2,425-foot… Read more.

The 620-foot single-drop Bridalveil Fall is not the longest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, but it is one of the most elegant. A half mile round trip hike delivers visitors to a viewing platform at the base the waterfall. The short and easy hike is not to be missed.From the trailhead, Bridalveil Fall is visible through the pine forest, plunging from a hanging… Read more.