If you don't want to hike up the often slippery Mist Trail to Vernal and Nevada falls, you can always take the John Muir Trail, which features vantage points of the falls, as well as fantastic ...

A significant rockfall in Yosemite National Park has closed a key segment of the John Muir Trail near one of ... occurred is accessible via the Mist Trail out of Happy Isles, an extremely popular ...

The John Muir Trail, which runs in conjunction with the Pacific Crest Trail, also allows hikers to avoid a grueling set of switchbacks on the Mist Trail to hike to the top of Nevada Fall.