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 ...

Yosemite National Park is known worldwide for its incredible granite cliffs, breathtaking vistas, and some of the most impressive waterfalls in North America. In such a natural wonderland, it is ...

If you’re planning a trip to Yosemite, adding waterfall hikes to your itinerary is a great way to experience the park’s natural beauty. Yosemite is full of stunning waterfalls, each with its own ...

Anyone with hiking boots and a healthy heart can do it. About 50,000 people make the grueling hike every summer, taking in 360-degree views of nearly the entire Yosemite National Park. They pass two ...

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 ...

Visitors to Yosemite National Park hoping to hike its famed Half Dome Trail will have to wait at least one week due to heavy snowpack conditions. Hikers who were hoping to scale Yosemite National Park ...

At Yosemite National Park, a landscape defined by breathtaking views and stunning scenery, the Mist Trail stands out. The 7-mile round trip, which begins near Happy Isles in the eastern edges of ...

In Yosemite National Park, an elite search-and-rescue team helps lost hikers, evacuates injured climbers and saves people stranded on the sheer granite cliffs of El Capitan or the steep, slick slope ...

An Arizona State University student slipped and fell to her death after she and her father got caught in a sudden storm while hiking in Yosemite National Park. Grace Rohloff, 20, lost her footing on ...