Take a virtual tour of Yosemite Falls. Hiking to the top of Yosemite Falls is a strenuous, 8 hour hike but worth it for amazing views of the falls. You can hike just the first two miles for some of the best views before returning back to the Valley floor. If you continue on, be sure to take a hat, sunscreen, and lots of water.
Yosemite Falls is unlike other waterfalls in Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. To illustrate what makes Yosemite Falls so different, we'll have to travel back in time hundreds of thousands of years to a time when glaciers filled Yosemite Valley to the rim. Glaciers are masses of ice that form from the accumulation of snow, and that flow downhill under their own weight. As they move, glaciers scrape and pluck at the bedrock, excavating and transporting huge amounts of sediment.
When glaciers melt, they drop the rocky debris they had been carrying in mound-like ridges called moraines. That honor is held by the igneous rock strewn across the park and beyond the boundaries of Yosemite.
Igneous rock is created from lava flows and the appearance of this rock in Yosemite dates back to when molten rock flowed under the ground's surface before cooling and hardening, forming quartz and other kinds of crystallized rock. Yosemite is more than just rock, however. Yosemite is home to magnificent canyons, pristine lakes, breath-taking waterfalls, and awe-inspiring rock formations consisting of peaks, domes, cliffs, and mountains. Three to four million people visit Yosemite each year to share in the wonder and natural beauty of the land.
Human interest in Yosemite has only grown over the years, but people and Yosemite National Park history have had a long and lasting relationship. Early Inhabitants Yosemite Valley was home to the Ahwahneechee people for thousands of years before settlers arrived in the area.
Although not the first Native American tribe, the Ahwahneechee were present when the first outsiders encountered them in the s. In fact, the tribe is responsible for the naming of Yosemite Valley. Called "Ahwahnee", the valley became "Yosemite" due to the mispronunciation of settlers. During to fervor of the California Gold Rush in , the valley was slated to be cleared by the United States Army, resulting in a conflict with the tribe. Chief Tenaya put up a resistance and the fight culminated into the Mariposa Wars.
The Native American eventually relented, were captured, and relocated to a reservation, thus ending the tribal habitation of Yosemite Valley and ushering in the era of the settler. Early Settlers and Pioneers Years before the Mariposa Wars, the Sierra Nevada had been visited by small parties of fur trappers, though none ventured into Yosemite Valley, with was thought impassable.
The first confirmation of a non-Native American visitor was in , only two years before the conflict with the native tribes. With the Gold Rush in the s came miners, some of which were killed in the wars with the Army.
It was not until after the tribe was relocated that tourists began to slowly trickle into the Valley. Most of the tourists were early photographers and artists seeking to capture the beauty of the wilderness.
Journalists wrote articles detailing the majesty of the valley and there were numerous sketches and photographs displayed in exhibits to bring awareness of Yosemite to Americans. Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it? Click on the HTML link code below. Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, your Facebook account, or anywhere that someone would find this page valuable.
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