Rallii
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
Vernal Fall, Yosemite · NPS · Public domainAll trails →
Yosemite National Park / California
Mist Trail to Vernal Fall
- Distance
- 3.9 km
- Time
- 3 hr
- Elevation gain
- 300 m
- Difficulty
- Strenuous
- Route type
- Out & Back
Approximate full-route distance and hiking time. Conditions and pace change the effort required.
01 / Why go
Waterfalls, with a different perspective.
A granite staircase beside a waterfall: Yosemite at its most immediate.
02 / The route
Start here. Take your time.
From Happy Isles, climb past the footbridge to the top of Vernal Fall; return by the same route.
Start at Happy Isles
03 / What you’ll see
- 01Waterfalls
- 02Granite
- 03Forest
Keep wandering
Another day, another trail.
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
Yosemite National Park
Mirror Lake
3.2 km · 1 hr · 30 m gain
Out & Back / Lake · Forest
Mirror Lake in Yosemite Valley. · Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0