Imagine Yosemite’s El Capitan ... into alpine environs, a lovely mist settled around us. We passed into heath and stony highlands. The rocks on the trail became treacherously slippery, but ...

Wading through the crowd of stinky, exuberant hikers at the Appalachian Trail Days festival in Damascus ... moisture either from sweating, light mist, or rain, our jacket didn’t “wet out ...

There were confusing and seemingly contradictory statements issued last week about the status of the Mist Trail, the popular walk up Vernal and Nevada falls next to the plunging, roaring ...

Fort Worth police are looking for a man who allegedly robbed two women at gunpoint on Monday ... block of Overton Park Drive along the walking trail around 6 a.m. Monday. “They were approached ...

America the beautiful is a wonderland for nature lovers and hikers. Although most of the top-rated hikes are on the West Coast and in the Mountain West, the East Coast and even the Deep South and ...

The trail to Half Dome is dangerous as well, with perilous waterfalls and precarious terrain, and has claimed more than double the lives of Half Dome alone. This 13.5-mile hike is definitely not ...

I felt full. That trail stitched itself into my memory not because it was the hardest or the most famous, but because it offered me Yosemite in pieces—panoramic, yes, but also personal. Mist Trail to ...

and the Four-Mile Trail to Glacier Point, offering spectacular views of El Capitan, Yosemite Falls and the Merced River. The Mist Trail also offers connections to Half Dome, from which you can ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Traffic is hectic in and out of Yosemite Valley. The National Park Service advises travelers to arrive before 8 a.m. to avoid hourslong delays. – Catherine Parker Unless ...