Sure it’s cliche, but has anyone who’s ever exited Yosemite’s Wawona Tunnel NOT taken a photo at Tunnel View? To review, left to right: El Capitan, Clouds Rest, Half Dome, Sentinel Rock, Sentinel Dome, Bridalveil Fall. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
Not the meager flow it is most of the year, voluminous spray from Bridalveil Fall soaked hikers on the short path to the 620-foot-high waterfall in early June 2010. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
Vernal Fall, as seen from the Mist Trail. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
It’s 317 feet down from the top of Vernal Fall, reached by a 1.5-mile, 1,000-foot elevation gain hike on the Mist Trail. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
Backpackers heading up the switchbacks near Nevada Fall in early June. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
Hikers on the John Muir Trail sometimes had to walk through this small waterfall. It was a small price to pay for stunning views of thundering Nevada Fall. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
A rainbow next to Illilouette Fall, seen from a turnout on the Panorama Trail out of Glacier Point. The beauty of this waterfall is its seclusion it is not visible from any road and can only be seen from a steep hiking trail. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
It’s eye-popping Yosemite landmarks galore from the Panorama Trail. Here’s a view of Half Dome and Illilouette Fall. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
This view from Glacier Point is classic Yosemite: Liberty Cap framed by Nevada Fall on the right and Vernal Fall to the left. (Julie Sheer / Los Angeles Times)
