United States
A 7-day trip to Yosemite National Park, California
Monumental granite monoliths, booming waterfalls, and subalpine high country that demand precise timing and early alarms.
Carved by ancient glaciers into the western slope of California's Sierra Nevada, Yosemite National Park is a cathedral of massive granite cliffs and plummeting waterfalls. While the park spans nearly 1,200 square miles of pristine wilderness, the overwhelming majority of visitors concentrate inside the eight-square-mile Yosemite Valley. Visiting requires deliberate tactical execution: staying inside the valley cuts out gridlock, visiting during snowmelt unlocks the world's most thundering falls, and pushing past the valley loop into Tuolumne Meadows reveals wild, open subalpine granite.
Trip length
7 days
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