Lundy Canyon Waterfalls
The Lundy Canyon Waterfalls consist of several ephemeral cascades lining the canyon as well as a few on Mill Creek. You can go as far as the 20 Lakes Basin, but we've walked about 4.5 miles round trip (as described in the California Waterfalls book by Ann Marie Brown) on a July 4th weekend and still saw the waterfalls you see on this page. We did see some wildflowers along the trail but we also had to contend with some mosquitoes. The canyon sits a few minutes north of the town of Lee Vining off the Hwy 395. With Mono Lake dominating the view to the east, you head back into the rugged mountains (east of Yosemite) just beyond the manmade Lundy Lake. The road is unpaved at this point and continues like this for a few minutes before reaching a car park that loops through the foliage. From there, you embark on the walk and continue towards Lundy Pass passing by several waterfalls. There are a few creek crossings where you have to keep your balance as you cross narrow bridges (it can be nerve-wracking as my cousin narrowly missed falling into the creek on one of the traverses). But aside from that, the hike is mostly level with a climb in the beginning and more climbing after the last cascade we stopped at. For photography, you'll want to do this hike in the morning since the canyon is east-facing. We did this in the afternoon and we were looking against the sun on some of the cascades while the rest of the Lundy Canyon Waterfalls were in shadow.
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A cascade tumbling down the mountainside
Looking directly at a cascade on Mill Creek near a bridge
Another cascade tumbling down a canyon wall
Still another cascade on the opposite canyon wall
A cascade in shadow near the turnaround point of our hike
A tumbling cascade at the turnaround point of our hike
Still another cascade near the turnaround point of the hike
