In the middle of Yosemite Village in the deep valley of California's upper Merced River is a soft-drink machine, and on its front is a large posterized photo of a golfer about to tee up ...

The slide came crashing down across both lanes of Highway 140, a scenic winding route along the Merced River between the town of Mariposa and Yosemite’s Arch Rock entrance. “The boulders that ...

Hundreds of tons of rocks crashed down the night of March 17 across both lanes of state Highway 140, a scenic winding route along the Merced River between the town of Mariposa and Yosemite’s ...

The hike then continues to the top of Nevada Fall, followed by a long, flat section through Little Yosemite Valley near the Merced River. The trail then ventures up the sub dome. When you finally ...

This closure also means that people going to and from Yosemite National Park should ... temporary bridges could be installed over the Merced River, like what was done after previous rockslides ...

A stretch of Highway 140, one of the primary routes into and out of Yosemite National Park ... on both lanes of the two-lane road in the Merced River Canyon. Caltrans operations workers flew ...

With its scenic hikes, views of the Merced River, and Giant Sequoia groves, it is no wonder that nearly four million visitors come to Yosemite every year. Unfortunately, with this many visitors ...

Yosemite, CA — Yosemite National Park has tallied the numbers of its final snow survey. Based on the water content of the snow, rangers conducting the April 1 survey discovered that the Tuolumne River ...

Construction crews working all night have made faster-than-expected progress clearing a major rockslide that closed one of the primary routes into Yosemite National Park for more than a week. Hundreds ...

Yosemite Falls and the Merced River. The Mist Trail also offers connections to Half Dome, from which you can scale steel cables to climb to the rock's summit, one of the most challenging hikes in ...