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Early April morning in Yosemite

Video taken from Yosemite Housekeeping Camp on April 5th 2026 (sound on)

u/sumitsaluja — 2 hours ago
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Lower Falls, morning of 3/30/26

Gloriously warm weekend and the mornings were absolute gold at the Falls. Stayed at the Lodge for the first time and could not get over the sound of the water. Morning coffee and a walk every day. This was our last morning there.

u/sealee1 — 9 hours ago
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Upper Yosemite Falls watercolor painting

I painted a small (30x40cm) watercolor of the beautiful falls viewed from Sentinel Meadow. I started with an even smaller color draft done en plein air (second photo, it’s Plein Airpril!) during my visit on 3/27 and finished the larger pieces from the draft and photos.

u/sevendollarrainbow — 7 hours ago
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This is my campsite when I arrived last month in Yosemite Valley. It was so beautiful.

I brought a shovel so no probs and it was spectacular and near empty valley. heading back in 9 days to Upper Pines again.

u/Independent_Gap_6676 — 23 hours ago

Night Photography Yosemite

Hi I’m gonna camp at camp 4 and I also wanted do a night hike to do some astrophotography. Any tips on beautiful views that aren’t too hard to get to especially at night? 😁😁

Also just curious if it’s allowed to explore Yosemite at night alone, would you recommend or no?

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u/Ok-Wealth-7748 — 6 hours ago

How is this for a first-time May Yosemite itinerary?

STAY: Mariposa

FRIDAY:

Drive from LA to Airbnb in Mariposa

Explore Mariposa

SATURDAY:

8 am: parking at Happy Isles Parking for the Mist Falls Hike

2 pm (after hike): walk to Cook’s Meadow Loop & Lower Yosemite Falls Loop

Lunch in the Valley

Dinner in Mariposa

SUNDAY:

8 am: parking at Happy Isles for:

Cook’s Meadow Loop

Sentinel Bridge

Lower Yosemite Falls Trail

Swinging Bridge

IF OPEN: glacier point road

MONDAY:

10 am: Mirror Lake & depart Yosemite

What do you think? Anything we’re missing or any changes you’d make? Thank you!

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u/Cashcash1998 — 8 hours ago
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