Rallii
Yosemite National Park
Mist Trail to Vernal Fall
3.9 km · 3 hr · 300 m gain
Out & Back / Waterfalls · Granite
Vernal Fall, Yosemite · NPS · Public domain
Mirror Lake in Yosemite Valley. · Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0All trails →
Yosemite National Park / California
Mirror Lake
- Distance
- 3.2 km
- Time
- 1 hr
- Elevation gain
- 30 m
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Route type
- Out & Back
Approximate full-route distance and hiking time. Conditions and pace change the effort required.
01 / Why go
Lake, with a different perspective.
Look up into Half Dome’s immense stone face.
02 / The route
Start here. Take your time.
Walk from shuttle stop 17 to the lake and back; this is not the longer lake loop.
Start at Mirror Lake shuttle stop
03 / What you’ll see
- 01Lake
- 02Forest
- 03Granite
Keep wandering
Another day, another trail.
Yosemite National Park
Lower Yosemite Fall
1.6 km · 30–60 min · 15 m gain
Loop / Waterfalls · Valley
Yosemite Falls from Cook’s Meadow · NPS / Cindy Jacoby · Public domain
Yosemite National Park
Upper Yosemite Falls
11.6 km · 6–8 hr · 825 m gain
Out & Back / Waterfalls · Granite
Upper Yosemite Fall from the Yosemite Falls Trail. · King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0