The photos demonstrate how increasingly comfortable wild animals are becoming with human presence. Hiker shares shocking photo of close encounter with wild predator on popular trail: 'Walked right up ...

Hence the name, the Mist Trail. Because the hike is predominately uphill, many hikers tend to take the Mist Trail to the top of Vernal Fall and back down – a 2.4-mile round-trip hike with a ...

A shorter hike in Giant Forest, the Big Trees Trail, is a nearly milelong loop ... For those looking for longer hikes, treks to scenic places like Mist Falls include an 8-mile round-trip journey ...