With Walt and Barb we visited the recently re-opened Lower Yosemite Falls area (the waterfall is new and improved! ;-) ), and then walked up part of the Upper Yosemite Falls trail to where we had a good view up the upper fall and some of the cascades.
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Tamarack Falls/Cascade Creek from the south side of the valley, just before the Wawona Tunnel. |
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Upper Yosemite Falls, which is 1430' tall - lots of veiling in the wind. |
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Lower Yosemite Falls, 320' tall. |
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Lower and upper Yosemite Falls - lots of water this year! |
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Sentinel Falls and Sentinel Rock - the falls dry up quickly and it's unusual to see them. |
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Half Dome from Columbia Point - 1 mile and 800' up the Yosemite Falls trail. |
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Another half mile up the trail, it turns the corner and there's a terrific view of Upper Yosemite Falls. |
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...And a nice view of Half Dome, also. |
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Us and Yosemite Falls |
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North Dome |
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Royal Arch Cascade - another not-normally-seen waterfall, with North Dome barely visible at the top. |