A well-known and beloved Washington state teacher plummeted to his death just two miles into a planned solo backpack trek ...

Whether she was riding horseback through the Sierra Nevadas for days at a time or taking a shift inside the “box” (that’s ...

High temperatures are expected to continue throughout Central California, with a heat advisory in effect for Yosemite ...

Experts say that current pressures could change "the National Park System irreparably for future generations." ...

At the top of Yosemite National Park’ s Vernal Fall on a recent holiday weekend, amid the throngs of tourists snapping photos ...

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As promised earlier this month, Yosemite National Park will be re-opening the Tuolumne Meadows campgrounds for the summer. The park service announced an Aug. 1 reopening for the campground, which sits ...

Yosemite National Park, a sprawling 750,000-acre wonderland in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, is one of the United States’ most iconic destinations. With its towering granite cliffs ...

Yosemite National Park has been closed indefinitely because of heavy snowfall. Some areas of the park have gotten as much as 15 feet of snow.

Registration for peak travel days at Yosemite National Park opens on Friday, Jan. 5. Here's how to sign up for your 2024 trip.

Visitors hoping to see the famed waterfalls, huge granite cliffs and spectacular scenery at Yosemite National Park this summer will need to do more than lace up their hiking boots and get into the ...