The cascading tower of water that is Vernal Falls is one of the most powerful waterfalls in the incredible Yosemite National Park. Granite stone walls surround beautiful vistas, with rivers and ...

Ah, Yosemite: The jewel in the crown of California's Sierra Nevada. Millions of people arrive every year for the soul-satisfying hike up the iconic Half Dome, or to scale Taft Point for the some of ...

Clinging for life to a cold steel cable, high on a nearly vertical rock face in the Sierra Nevada, the soles of my hiking shoes simply could not find traction. Again and again, as my forearms trembled ...

A woman was also injured and airlifted to the hospital David Chiu is a staff writer, Human Interest, for PEOPLE. A former PEOPLE intern from 2007 to 2008, he has been writing about news and ...

Let’s just get this out of the way: Hiking through Yosemite Valley, whether it be to Vernal and Nevada falls or through Cook’s Meadow, is a mesmerizing and special experience. The hulking granite ...

On May 20, 2016, my wife and I visited Yosemite National Park. Before we set out on a trail, I talked to a park ranger. I told her that I was looking for a picture of water reflecting the trees. The ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A bucket-list climb to the top of Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome turned to tragedy for a young Arizona woman who fell to her death during a descent forced by a ...

We needed a reservation to get into Yosemite National Park on Aug. 31 and failed to get one, so we left downtown Sonora around 9 a.m. to try to walk the popular Carlon Falls Trail, which begins off ...