More closures could come in Yosemite National Park amid rising Merced River Right now, at the Pohono Bridge, the water is rushing through just below 12 feet, which is minor flood stage.

Applying this law to Yosemite has produced only excessive litigation and a multimillion-dollar comprehensive draft plan (the Merced River Plan) that is neither required nor authorized by Congress.

From there, the river spills over the “Giant Staircase,” the nickname of the Nevada and Vernal Falls. Then, the river snakes through the Yosemite Valley before joining the South Fork Merced River, the ...

Part of the Merced River system, the falls continue throughout the year (many other falls within the park run dry by mid-summer). To view the falls from afar, the high-country Glacier Viewpoint ...

Mist Trail will receive a $5-million upgrade to its seven-mile round-trip hike at Yosemite National Park that takes visitors to views of Vernal and Nevada falls.

A flood warning has been in effect in Yosemite Valley since Sunday. The California-Nevada River Forecast Center said the Merced River could peak near 13 feet by Saturday morning.

Here's the outlook for the Merced River and potential Yosemite National Park flooding impacts As of Monday morning, some campgrounds in the park are closed. Further closures are possible in the ...

Yosemite National Park has announced that some popular recreation areas may continue to see closures into the summer as record melts from snowpack cause rivers to rise.

As snowpack in the Sierra Nevada starts to melt due to increasing temperatures, meltwater has been flowing rapidly into the California valleys.