Our second full day in Yosemite and again the weather gods were kind to us – beautiful blue skies – fantastic weather for doing another hike. With the memories (and sore muscles) from the hike the day before, we decided to take it a little more easier, but we also wanted to check out another waterfall. In the end we decided to check out the Yosemite falls. The trail notes showed the route up – first stop was Columbia Rock with a distance of 3.2km round trip – difficulty moderate. We thought perfect. The trail up was pretty easy – lots of switchbacks, but on mostly even ground. We soon made it to the Columbia Rock, which had great views over the valley, but we hadn’t realised that you still couldn’t see the falls from there. So, as the hike to this point hadn’t been too strenuous we decided to keep heading up so we could see the falls close up.
From Columbia Rock the track gets steeper and it started to feel a bit like the climb up from the day before. A further 0.8km up the trail and we were at the base of the Yosemite Falls (the Upper Falls). The Upper Yosemite Falls were awe inspiring – with a fall of 440 meters (the upper and lower falls combined are 739 meters), this section of the falls alone ranks among the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world. At this time of year they were in full force and you basically had to shout to be heard over the sound of the water crashing down the cliffs. With such an awesome site, what else could we do but keep heading up.
The walk to the top would have resulted in a 11.6km round trip, and from where we were, it was pretty much straight up. With memories from the day before, Trevor didn’t want to push it and experience Michelle’s angry face again, so we only went about half way up – still a long hard climb just to get to that point. But, as with all things Yosemite, it was spectacular and was a great way to spend our last day in the Park.
From Columbia Rock the track gets steeper and it started to feel a bit like the climb up from the day before. A further 0.8km up the trail and we were at the base of the Yosemite Falls (the Upper Falls). The Upper Yosemite Falls were awe inspiring – with a fall of 440 meters (the upper and lower falls combined are 739 meters), this section of the falls alone ranks among the top twenty highest waterfalls in the world. At this time of year they were in full force and you basically had to shout to be heard over the sound of the water crashing down the cliffs. With such an awesome site, what else could we do but keep heading up. 
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