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Mist Trail: Vernal & Nevada Falls, Yosemite

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Yosemite Valley

Mist Trail: Vernal & Nevada Falls, Yosemite

Mist Trail: Vernal & Nevada Falls, Yosemite

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    Best Hiking Routes to Mist Trail: Vernal & Nevada Falls, Yosemite

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    1. Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls loop from Curry Village — Yosemite National Park

    13.4km

    05:19

    680m

    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    July 6, 2019

    Two of the spectacular waterfalls of Yosemite National Park can, and have to be, accessed very closely along this hiking trail, which connects to the long-distance John-Muir-Trail. Nevada and particularly Vernal Falls are so close to the trail that the spray from the falling cold water creates an often thick mist akin to rainfall, that drenches the hordes of tourists braving the wet conditions of the trail to reach the upper falls, and some of them continue up to the trail toward Half Dome summit.

      August 25, 2019

      An absolutely worthwhile destination in the Yosemite Valley. Clenched nature on a section at the foot of Half Dome.

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        May 24, 2025

        You get really wet when you go up the steps at Verna Fall

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          Distance 4.46 km

          Uphill 610 m

          Downhill 10 m

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          Location: Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, California, United States

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