From the dense forests of the Pacific Northwest to the dry deserts of Arizona, from the mini to the mighty, these are the ...

What makes The Mist Trail so unique is not its sights – Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall – but how you get there. To get to the top of both falls, hikers must climb a 600-step granite staircase ...

Its water tumbles over the edge near the granite dome, Liberty Cap, and forms part of the Giant Stairway (Vernal Fall is the lower step). Part of the Merced River system, the falls continue ...