Named "leaping waters" by the Paiute and pronounced "Chil-noo-al-na," Chilnualna Falls is a series of five large cascades over granite formations above the Wawona Basin. On the southern edge of ...

Every year, Yosemite is visited by as many as 4 million people from around the world. Out of that 4 million, however, only about 1 percent enter the 700,000-acre wilderness that makes up 94 percent of ...

While famous (and rightfully so) for its majestic waterfalls, Yosemite Valley doesn't own a monopoly on them. Southern Yosemite also boasts its share of waterfalls - and you won't have to fight off a ...

Spring brings good things to the Sierra Nevada: blooming wildflowers, cloudless skies and snowmelt to awaken rivers and creeks. Nothing shows nature’s transition from winter like the streams flowing ...

A search is underway in Yosemite National Park for a backpacker who disappeared over the weekend while hiking with a group, officials said. Hayden Klemenok, 24, was with his group at Upper Chilnualna ...

A man visiting Yosemite National Park has gone missing, officials said Tuesday. Hayden T. Klemenok was in the park and entered Chilnualna Creek near the trail junction about 2 p.m. Sunday while hiking ...

Stand on the Wawona Swinging Bridge to gently sway above the south fork of the Merced River in Yosemite National Park. This easy hike is open year round, but it's most popular in summer, when the ...