Yosemite Valley visitors know the park has a popularity problem, especially in summer when traffic and crowding hit their peak. But informed aficionados know Yosemite has abundant rewarding outings ...

Outside my window in Mariposa, California, in the Sierra foothills, I can see that the leaves have turned. Yosemite National Park and the surrounding mountains are an incredible year-round destination ...

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Park at Tuolumne Meadows Campground by the restrooms on B loop. The trail leads south through a lush forest to a glacier-carved lake. For a better view of the northern mountains, scramble any distance ...