At the top of Yosemite National Park’s Vernal Fall on a recent holiday weekend, amid the throngs of tourists snapping photos and feasting on snacks and picnic lunches, a squirrel crept across smooth ...

A day trip in the 209’s backyard — midweek is always better than the weekend — is a great way to start the spring.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hiking the Mist Trail toward Vernal Fall, one of the segments affected by the temporary closures this fall. (Gregory Thomas / The ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's something magical about snapping the perfect photo at a national park. Whether it's a shot of a beautiful animal or a ...

The top of Vernal Falls is the most popular hiking destination in Yosemite Valley. A thousand people reach it a day without incident. But yesterday, three people were swept to their deaths by the ...

There were confusing and seemingly contradictory statements issued last week about the status of the Mist Trail, the popular walk up Vernal and Nevada falls next to the plunging, roaring, ...

A body found below a footbridge near Vernal Fall has been identified as that of a Santa Clara man who fell into the raging whitewater nearly two weeks ago, a Yosemite National Park ranger said ...

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