Yosemite Falls in Winter

I don't usually vacation in Winter, but a trip to Yosemite National Park proved to be just amazing. The views, the rock, the water, the snow, and the cold air were like nothing I had seen or felt.



Yosemite Falls is the highest measured water in North America and is located in the Sierra Nevada of California. It is also one of the world's tallest, and is made up of three separate falls: Upper Yosemite Fall (1430 feet), the Middle Cascades (675 feet), and Lower Yosemite Fall (320). In the picture below, you can see the upper fall and the lower fall.


We were able to hike to the lower fall. The path to the upper fall was closed for winter.  My  husband and I on the path leading to the lower fall. Do I look cold? I was freezing. I have four layers of clothing on under that red jacket.

The walk to the lower fall was fairy easy but very icy.

Even with the cold air and the icy path, seeing the water crashing down on the rocks was so rewarding. The rock is solid granite and looks very slick.


This shot is as close as we could get to the lower fall. That my husband, me, son-in-law, and grandson in the picture, our daughter is taking the picture.

Once last view of the lower fall in Yosemite.


The lower fall is located near the Yosemite Lodge in Yosemite Valley. Thanks for stopping by to see Yosemite Falls in Winter - Judy.

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27 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing! Visited many years ago but it was summer!

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  2. What a wonderful place! I dearly love waterfalls. The majesty, the sound! Lovely shots of Yosemite and a wonderful time you must have had with your family!

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  3. Wow, those are amazing pictures. What a beautiful place...we have got to find time for a vacation to see this amazing country of ours.

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  4. Did you enter the park area going through Mariposa or did you go in on the other side of Oakhurst? It really is beautiful country! I'll be there next month. Winter in the park looks amazing and you are showing some wonderful photos! :-)

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  5. Wow, Yosemite falls looks beautiful in the winter. Gorgeous photos. I have climbed the trail to the upper falls and I can see why they would close it in the winter. Wonderful post. Have a great week!

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  6. I think your winter trip was worth it to see such a wildly beautiful place.

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  7. Very nice and very interesting place:) Never been there yet:(

    Visiting for Blue Monday! Here's mine-hope you can stop by:)

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  8. I've never been there; thanks for sharing. Happy Blue Monday, Judy!

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  9. Beautiful post! love your new header. Thanks for sharing.JoAnn

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  10. So Beautiful!!! OMG me too! I love your new header! ^^^
    XO Cindy

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  11. absolutely picturesque photographs; thanks for sharing

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  12. I visited Yosemite two years ago in the fall, so the falls were just a trickle. I loved seeing them here in full flow! It is my dream to re visit Yellowstone National Park in winter one year.

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  13. Wow, how beautiful!
    thanks for sharing.

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  14. The second last shot with you all in the foreground gives you a good idea of the height of these falls!

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    1. Thanks, that's what I was hoping everyone would notice.

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  15. Yosemite Falls is on my "bucket list" any season. Jeepers you are brave to go in the Winter. How peaceful this trip must have been.
    Joyce M

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  16. Nice crisp photos! We are going there next month - I would like to experience what you had.

    What a beauty~

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  17. We go there almost every summer, for me to paint, and hubby to hike! The sights are awesome in winter, but it's just too cold for me:)

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  18. Stunning...very, very stunning. A bit on the cold, blustery side for me...[I'm a wuss when it comes to cold and winter]....but, still, gorgeous.

    My Wednesday post: UNDER THE SEA

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  19. Yosemite is one of a handful of parks that my heart still desires to visit one day...one day. The images are absolutely stunning...thank you~

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  20. Anonymous9:43 AM

    I love Yosemite, and your beautiful photos remind me why.

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  22. I was there last summer. Neat to see it this time of year

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  23. Those are fascinating photos of a famous landmark. I am sure you oldies feel great, but i pity the young one still in the crib, i am sure it felt so cold and doesn't yet appreciate the falls. Oh i just wish for it to stay inside the house and cuddle in the warmer confines of its bed, LOL.

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  24. Such gorgeous pictures, so surreal.
    Thank you so much for sharing them with us at WIW.
    Love partying with you.
    See you next week!
    Hugs,
    Patti

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  25. Such gorgeous photos, so surreal.
    Thanks so much for sharing them
    with us at WIW. We love partying
    with you.
    See you next week!
    Hugs,
    Patti

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