Yosemite received 200% of normal annual snowfall this year. In direct response to that fact, the waterfalls of Yosemite are horribly tumultuous. None more so than Yosemite Falls itself. I took this video on June 10th, 2011, but today the falls are likley their biggest of the year (Check out the NOAA.gov flood warning below).
In other Yosemite news: The Half Dome cables went up today, June, 22nd, 2011.
Yosemite Falls:
– Tallest Waterfall in North America at 2,425 feet
– 6th Tallest Waterfall in the World
– Consists of 3 Waterfalls: Upper, Middle, & Lower
– Upper Falls are Largest (and most of what is in my video) at 1,430 feet
– Upper Falls alone are within the 20 Largest Waterfalls on Earth
ALL OF YOSEMITES WATERFALL WITH WIKIPEDIA LINKS:
- Bridalveil Fall 620 feet (190 m)
- Chilnualna Falls 690 feet (210 m)
- Horsetail Fall 2,100 feet (640 m)
- Illilouette Fall 370 feet (110 m)
- Lehamite Falls 1,180 feet (360 m)
- Nevada Fall 594 feet (181 m)
- Pywiack Cascade 600 feet (180 m)
- Quaking Aspen Falls 25 feet (7.6 m)
- Ribbon Fall 1,612 feet (491 m)
- Royal Arch Cascade 1,250 feet (380 m)
- Sentinel Fall 1,920 feet (590 m)
- Silver Strand Falls 574 feet (175 m)
- Snow Creek Falls 2,140 feet (650 m)
- Staircase Falls 1,020 feet (310 m)
- Three Chute Falls 80 feet (24 m)
- Tueeulala Falls 840 feet (260 m)
- Vernal Fall 317 feet (97 m)
- Wapama Falls 1,700 feet (520 m)
- Waterwheel Falls 300 feet (91 m)
- Wildcat Falls 630 feet (190 m)
- Yosemite Falls 2,425 feet (739 m)
Check out the flood warning for the Merced River (where Yosemite Falls drain to) from NOAA.gov for today:
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MERCED RIVER AT POHONO BRIDGE. * AT 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 9.0 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 10.0 FT AROUND 11 PM TONIGHT AND TO CREST NEAR 10.7 FT AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 9.6 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND RISE BACK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 10.0 FT BY 9 PM THURSDAY. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FT * THERE IS NOT A MONITOR STAGE ESTABLISHED FOR THIS SITE, * IMPACT...NEAR 10.5 FEET, WATER TOPS THE SWINGING BRIDGE DOWNSTREAM FROM CHAPEL MEADOW. OVERFLOW FROM WOSKI POND FLOODS THE ACCESS ROAD(NORTHSIDE DRIVE) LEADING OUT OF THE WEST ENTRANCE OF THE PARK. * IMPACT...NEAR 10.0 FEET, WESTERN PORTION OF NORTH PINES CAMPGROUND...LOCATED AT THE EAST END OF YOSEMITE VALLEY BETWEEN THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MERCED RIVER AND TENAYA CREEK...BEGINS TO FLOOD. WATER RISES TO THE BASE OF THE SWINGING BRIDGE DOWNSTREAM FROM CHAPEL MEADOW. * IMPACT...NEAR 9.5 FEET, PORTION OF LOWER PINES CAMPGROUND BECOMES FLOODED. LIMITED SITE-SPECIFIC EVACUATIONS BEGIN AT HOUSEKEEPING CAMP LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTH-FACING BANK OF THE MERCED RIVER. (UPSTREAM FROM SENTINEL BRIDGE AND DOWNSTREAM FROM STONEMAN BRIDGE) * IMPACT...NEAR 9.0 FEET, CHAPEL MEADOW (SOUTH SIDE OF RIVER) AND COOKS MEADOW (NORTH SIDE OF RIVER) BEGINS TO EXPERIENCE OVERFLOW. * IMPACT...NEAR 6.5 FEET, RIVER IS CLOSED TO RAFTERS AND FLOTATION.