MY FAVORITE HIKE IS IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. IT IS CALLED THE HIKE TO UPPER YOSEMITE AND IT IS 7.2 MILES ROUND TRIP. IT TAKES MOST OF A DAY AND EVEN IN THE SUMMER YOU CAN SEE SNOW ON DISTANT PEAKS. IT IS A WINDY UPWARD CRAW TO THE TOP OF UPPER FALLS AND ABOUT 1/2 OF THE TRAIL IS SHADED BY TREES. THERE ARE DEER VISIBLE AND SOME OCCASIONAL SNAKES AND BEARS. THIS FALLS IS 2400' TALL AND IS THE 5TH TALLEST FALLS IN THE WORLD. IT IS QUITE DRAMATIC AS IT DROPS 1500' TO MIDDLE CASCADE AND THEN TUMBLES ANOTHER 700' DOWN.
YOU SHOULD BE SURE TO BRING STURDY HIKING BOOT AND A HIKING STICK TO PREVENT FALLING. DRESS IN MULTIPLE LAYERS OF CLOTHS AS IT GETS COLDER ONCE YOU HIKE TO THE TOP.
EACH STOPPING POINT HAS A FANTASTIC VIEW OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGES. I NOTICED THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE AN ASSORTMENT OF DIFFERENT BIRDS AT THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT VEGETATION TYPES IN THE VARIOUS ELEVATIONS.
YOU CAN NOTICE A CHANGE IN THE SOIL TYPES AS WELL AS YOU CLIMB TO DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TRAIL AS WELL AS THE PANORAMA TRAIL IN YOSEMITE WHICH TAKES QUITE A BIT LONGER TO HIKE AS IT SHIFTS THROUGH VARIOUS ELEVATIONS THAT ARE ROCKY AND SLIPPERY DUE TO THE FALLS.
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