A bit off the typical Yosemite road trip itinerary, a trip to the Hetch Hetchy Valley in the northwest corner of the park surrounds visitors in solitude. One if its signature features is Wapama Falls, ...

A 5-mile trail (round-trip) leads from the Hetch Hetchy Valley's O'Shaughnessy Dam to Wapama Falls in Yosemite National Park. The route skirts the edge of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. (Christopher ...

A 5-mile trail (round-trip) leads from the Hetch Hetchy Valley’s O’Shaughnessy Dam to Wapama Falls in Yosemite National Park. Christopher Reynolds/Los Angeles Times/TNS The water was winning. Fed by ...

About a mile down the trail to Wapama Falls within Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, we stop and consider our route ahead. In front of us, a cataract of white water gushes down the ...

Gazing at the spectacular scenery surrounding Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy reservoir, I can’t help but marvel. Nature has endowed Tuolumne County with such splendor, it almost doesn’t seem fair. That these ...

I’ve always had a soft spot for waterfalls. Who doesn’t? So when I planned a family trip to Yosemite last year, I organized my itinerary around as many of the park’s cascades as possible in late ...

A rockfall in the Hetch Hetchy area of Yosemite National Park closed a trail east of Wapama Falls, according to the National Park Service. The rockfall happened about 1:30 p.m. March 31 at the cliff ...

Yosemite National Park is renowned for its granite cliff faces, golden valleys teeming with pine, and thundering waterfalls. Lucky for hikers who want those elements without the hassle of the crowds, ...

Nature is really growing on us. A new survey found that almost six out of 10 Americans have developed a deeper appreciation for the outdoors since the pandemic began — and the national parks are ...

Investigators at Yosemite National Park said Thursday they are trying to identify the body of a man who was found Tuesday afternoon floating dead in Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Park officials say it may ...

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 ...