Yosemite Ought To Be On Your Short List Of Places To See This Fall

As across so much of the temperate world, autumn in the Sierra Nevada is the winding-down season—a time of reflection, transience, and piercing beauty. In Yosemite National Park, the crowds have thinned even as the weather is often exquisite and the scenery unfailingly so. In other words, our mountain kingdom should definitely be chief among your places to see this fall! Scenery Given that much of its forests are dominated by evergreen conifers—pines, firs, sequoias, and the like—Yosemite doesn’t put on the effusive color show of America’s eastern deciduous woods. That said, you’ll still marvel at streaks of autumnal flare in the canyons, valley flats, and montane slopes—stemming from Pacific dogwoods, bigleaf maples, huckleberries, and other native trees and shrubs of impeccable fall beauty. (And some notable non-natives in Yosemite Valley, such as a sugar maple, add their own dash.) The season’s first dustings of snow on the mountaintops add a special flourish to the landscape. Autumn Activities It varies from year to year when Glacier Point, Tioga Road, and the rest of the Yosemite high country become beautifully snowed in (and primed for skiers and snowshoers!). Overall, October is often the perfect month to hit the hiking trails: The crisp temperatures and frequent sunshine are ideal for huffing and puffing through glorious surroundings. Plenty of interpretive programs, guided hikes, and other organized events continue in the fall. Your best bet is to check the Yosemite Guide for the latest happenings. Night skies in autumn reveal the emergence of iconic winter constellations as the Summer Triangle and other warm-season stalwarts plunge away. The Leonid meteor shower, though, which typically falls in November, tends to steal the show! Scenic Wonders in Autumn Tempted yet? A Scenic Wonders cabin makes a cozy home-away-from-home for a Yosemite fall extravaganza. Whether you’re grabbing snapshots of fiery treetops under a snowy dome, soaking in the quiet trails, or watching an autumn-fat blacktail buck brandish his antlers, Yosemite’s “winding-down” time is actually full of astonishment.

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