This photograph of Nevada Fall was taken from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, on the south wall, more than 3,000 feet above Yosemite Valley. The original inhabitants of Yosemite Valley (Ahwahneechees), called the fall Yowiwe (Yo-wi-we), believed to mean “twisting water” or, possibly, “wormy”. The photograph is included in the Native American Historical Fiction, Great Spirit of Yosemite: The Story of Chief Tenaya.
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Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, Information
Tumbling nearly 600 feet (180 m), Nevada Fall makes up the first step of the “Giant Stairway” of the Merced River – the second step being Vernal Fall. It can be found below the granite dome known as Liberty Cap. It is actually the largest, most voluminous, waterfall along the Merced River and flows throughout the year. Located at the western end of Little Yosemite Valley, the fall has a twisted appearance as it tumbles. Subsequently, it hits the granite cliff face about midway through its fall, causing a huge amount of mist, which covers a wide area. In fact, the hike to the top of the fall is known as the “mist trail”.
Later, the waterfall was renamed “Nevada”. This was during the Mariposa Indian War of 1850/51 when troops invaded Yosemite Valley to drive out the Ahwahneechees. Nevada means snowfall in Spanish. Certainly, the thunderous river looks like an avalanche of snow as it pours down from above.
Between the Nevada and Vernal Falls, the river passes the Silver Apron and Emerald Pool
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