He ended up kicking the fire over the edge where it was spotted by the people down in the valley. As the story goes, McCauley had built a blazing campfire out on Glacier Point but it was still too cold out there for his guests. The original firefall was begun back in the 1870's by a Yosemite Pioneer by the name of James McCauley. Recently re-discovered on the internet after having been photographed being struck by the setting sun, the waterfall known as Horsetail Falls has become popular as the "new" Yosemite Firefall.
Illiouette Fall which is further up the Merced Canyon is another that flowsįor several weeks in the early part of the year, one of the "ghost" Yosemite waterfalls will sometimes appear, as it has throughout the geological history of Yosemite Valley. Visit to see timelapses of all our Yosemite webcams. Watch for peak flow in early summer, as snowmelt cascades down to the Valley floor. This live-streaming webcam shows the waterfall’s top section: Upper Yosemite Fall. Once the snow is gone so is the water.įortunately, there are several exceptions to this rule for Yosemite Falls, one of the world’s tallest waterfalls, drops a total of 2,425 feet. Rocky that very little of the water soaks in. The reason for this is that they are fed by waterįrom the snowfields above, and as the snow melts, it is in a terrain that is so Many are fed by the waters from melting snows, but a summer thundershower may bring forth hundreds of falls that leap from valley walls only to live briefly and then disappear.Īlmost all of the waterfalls of Yosemite Valley become dryīefore the end of summer. Yosemite's waterfalls change with the seasons. Their waters are always considerably diminished by mid-season. Cascading waterfalls such as Sentinel, Royal Arch Cascade and the spectacular Staircase Falls splash in successive rock “steps” down the sloping sides of the valley walls. After the ice age, the waterfalls now fell from Hanging valleys. These giant steps are located at the east end of the valley. The Merced River forms the Vernal and Nevada Falls where great blocks of granite were first quarried and then carried away by the glaciers. As the river cut faster, the side streams formed gulches to it.
The free-leaping falls like Yosemite falls, Bridalveil falls and Ribbon falls, drop from “hanging valleys” formed when lateral tributaries could not keep pace with the combination of the rapid cutting of the Merced River and the grinding force of the glaciers. Yosemite Falls, one of the world’s tallest waterfalls, drops a total of 2,425 feet. Prior to the uplift of the Sierra Nevada, streams were on the same level.
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