Lee Vining Canyon Waterfalls (Yosemite National Park, California, USA)

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Lee Vining Canyon Waterfalls

View of the so-called Ellery Lake Falls

The Lee Vining Canyon Waterfalls are waterfalls tumbling into the steep, avalanche-prone area that links the Tioga Pass Entrance of Yosemite to the Mono Lake Basin.

Given the volume of snow here, the snowmelt gives rise to the ephemeral waterfalls featured in this page.

Perhaps the most noticeable of the falls in this V-shaped canyon is the one fed by the regulated Ellery Lake (pictured above). The watercourse fed by Ellery Lake also continues to cascade as it makes its way towards Mono Lake. There is also a longer cascading one further down the road (pictured below).

These falls aren't anything to get worked up about, but I thought I'd mention them anyways.

Directions: Technically, Lee Vining Canyon is not part of Yosemite National Park, but I've included the waterfalls here since you're bound to see a few of them if you head into the park through the Tioga Pass in the early weeks of summer.

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A long cascade tumbling its way into Lee Vining Canyon

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Drove into Yosemite and passed this waterfall along the way...due to the large amount of snowfall this year, this waterfall was an absolute beauty ...

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