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 ...

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Vernal Falls, a majestic 317-foot waterfall, is best seen in the late spring when the Merced River is swollen with snowmelt.