Off to Yosemite day6 NEVADA FALLS

nevada fallsNevada Fall[1] is a 594-foot (181 m) high waterfall on Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. It is located below the granite dome, Liberty Cap, at the west end of Little Yosemite Valley.
The Emerald Pool forms on the "step" between Nevada Fall and Vernal Fall downstream. The 317-foot (97 m) high Vernal Fall is a short hike from the bottom of Nevada Fall. They form a cascade in which Merced River flows down to Yosemite Valley.
This cascade is sometimes called the giant staircase, which is evident when viewed from above, at Glacier Point.
The hike to the top of Nevada Fall, along the Mist Trail, is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from the trailhead in Yosemite Valley. One must first hike to Vernal Fall and then trek another 2 miles (3.2 km) to reach the top.
The Merced River rises in the high country of the Sierra Crest, springing from snowfields and glaciers on Mount Lyell, highest peak in the park. It drops steadily through U-shaped glacial canyons, running right through two sizeable alpine lakes, Washburn and Merced. As it approaches Nevada Falls it flows quietly through tranquil meanders over the almost flat floor of Little Yosemite Valley, steepening only in the last hundred yards as it accelerates down a chute and bursts forth from the cliff as Nevada Falls.
Though it is the most remote of the major falls in Yosemite, Nevada is easily viewed from Glacier Point, 1300 feet above and two miles away. It is also possible to hike to the top of the falls, either by following the river up past Vernal Falls, or by taking the Panorama Trail, which traces the cliff edges all the way from Glacier Point.

There is a deep green pool just above this falls. Despite fences and warning signs hikers wade and sometimes swim here, and almost every year someone is swept over the falls. As the sign bluntly warns "IF YOU SLIP AND GO OVER THE WATERFALL YOU WILL DIE."

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[Zoltrix67]

Thaqnks for these Vids. Looks like you had a really great time. Loving them all. Phil

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

hope you dont get bored there is 80 + days of this stuff

[Chivalryaintdead]

Thank you for the images I might go ride my bike up into the woods and camp someplace, I miss it.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

yeah plenty of good places near you

olympic peninsula was AMAZING

[Sparkygravity]

yeah the american transportation system isn't really up and running yet... Have to give it another 100 years, then it'll only be 100 years out of date...

some pretty impressive views.

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

yeah more impressive stuff later

[edwardwhite70]

I LOVE this video! First off, when you were telling the story of the dark shape menacing you in the woods...I KNEW where the story was going. That EXACT same scenario happened to us! Seems Michigan was burnt over years ago and big , blackened trunks remain scattered about. We stood in the half light , afraid to go further because of the perceived "BEAR" just up the way. I'm NOT the only one! Yay! I started smiling half way through the tale..."I know what it is..." You tell a GREAT story!

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

thanks for watching lots more to come

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

lots more to come

[ROCKsquareANORACK]

ahh amtrak once they are late the freight trains take chrge of the rails and amtrak gets later and later

11 hours late into chicago and i missed my connection to memphis

Yosemite is amazing i will be back there