If this national park were a man-made theme park, the theme would be “waterfalls”. Nowhere else in the world is there such a concentration of major waterfalls. Ribbon and Upper Yosemite rank among the worlds’ highest, Bridalveil, Yosemite, and Vernal among the best known. From almost any point on the valley floor one can see at least one waterfall. From Sierra Point one can see four major and several minor falls.

Spring is in full force and the shouts of freedom can be heard echoing in the canyons and ravines as the rush of rioting water rejoices in its escape from the clutches of winter. After months of captivity in their high altitude prisons of ice and snow, the May sun is beginning to free the army of melting molecules creating an unstoppable force of splashing, spraying, spinning chaos roaring in the rivers and creeks on their quest to the sea.