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California Falls

View of California Falls from the end of the spur trail



California Falls is the next major ensemble of waterfalls you'll see beyond the Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp. There is a spur trail (roughly 1.5 miles below the High Sierra Camp) leading to its most photogenic spot. Outside of this spot, it's basically a series of cascades tumbling one after another.

Basically this waterfall and LeConte Falls are the reasons why I came up with this notion of "waterfall ensembles," where an ensemble of cascades and waterfalls begins and ends where a long series of white water begins and ends (i.e. they're separated by areas where the Tuolumne River is calm).

Anyways, waterfall-geek-talk aside, this waterfall is merely a warm up to the bigger and better cascades and waterfalls just further down the trail.



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