Parks in Lee Vining, California

The reserve was established to preserve the spectacular "tufa towers," calcium-carbonate spires and knobs f... More on Parks

More than six thousand feet below us Mono Lake reflects the first light of the morning, a pool of quicksi... More on Epinions.com

This is a rugged multiday shuttle hike following the course of the Tuolumne River downstream from Tuolumne Meadows as it tumbles over waterfalls and cascades, including the famous Waterwheels, thro... More on Trails

this is a beautiful part of Yosemite! Hike about a mile past Glen Aulin an More on Trails

This is a steep but short day hike into a truly alpine environment where permanent snowfields lie in the shady folds of the mountains, and even in July you might have to skirt snow patches or wade ... More on Trails

My son and I have been there twice, at the end of August, on our yearly tre More on Trails

This offshoot of Highway 395 is a 14-mile loop that takes you past four lakes. June Lake is actually among the smallest! Despite its world-famous trout fishing, the area is surprisingly peaceful an... More on Trails

A waterfall rushes over 1,000 feet to a lake below. Eagles fly from the ste More on Trails

Old Marina Trail: A new ADA accessible trail leading from the parking lot at the Old Marina offers interpretive panels along with the newly replaced "David Gaines" boardwalk which offers Americans ... More on Access.parks.ca.gov

The tufa are the highlight of Mono Lake, and this is clearly a must-see destination. The tufa are pillars of limestone, rising out ... More on igougo

The Ten Lakes Basin contains only seven bodies of water large enough to be called lakes, along with an indeterminate number of smaller ponds. The trail climbs Ten Lakes Pass, drops into the basin, ... More on Trails

Very good backpack to the ten lakes basin. We went during the week and trai More on Trails

Over a 100 years ago, John Muir declared the Sierra Nevada the most Divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains Ive ever seen. Millions of people have since made pilgrimage here to experience the... More on Trails

Nice loop, we went from White Wolf to Ten Lakes to Glen Aulin to Pate Valle More on Trails

A moderate 4-mile climb leads to a pretty subalpine lake occupying a basin carved out at the very foot of the steep eastern face of the Sierra. The rugged terrain above the lake is unreachable sinc... More on Trails

Beautiful Lake, great fishing. Hardest part is over in the first half mile. More on Trails

The John Muir and Pacific Crest Trails traverse some of the most spectacular high country anywhere. Both pass through Yosemite and for a time become one and the same. The John Muir Trail follows the crest of the Sierra Nevada for ... More on Trails

A fifty-five-mile highway that climbs from the high sagebrush desert at Lee Vining on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada over 9,945-foot Tioga Pass into Yosemite National Park. It passes glaciated domes and wide meadows before dropping ... More on Trails