U.S. News Insider Tip: Simple activities like short walks might seem overly tiring in Tuolumne Meadows. To counter the effects of altitude sickness (breathlessness, headaches, fatigue), drink lots of ...

Lembert Dome Lembert Dome looks like a big mountain and feels like one from its summit, but requires just a fairly short and gentle trek to stand atop it. This sloping peak gets its name from hermit ...

Yosemite Valley, Lembert Dome and Crazy Mule Gulch. You’ve climbed them, traversed them and forded them, but you probably didn’t know their pedigree. “Yosemite: Place Names” by Peter Browning is an ...

Dappled sunlight kisses the valley floor of Yosemite National Park. Granite monoliths, gushing waterfalls and giant sequoias abound. The wilderness is calling. But instead of hitting the trails in a ...