The 4,886-acre Washburn fire, which had posed danger to the grove's 500 mature sequoias, was 100% contained, Yosemite park ranger Scott Gediman said, though some fire crews remain doing mop-up ...

And then there's the Mariposa Grove, the most popular and home to the largest sequoia tree in Yosemite, the 209-foot Grizzly Giant, among more than 500 mature trees.

A black bear approaches the Grizzly Giant tree in Yosemite National Park’s Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias around noon Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 – the first day the grove reopened to the public ...

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park, California, is open after the Washburn Fire. Info about trails, shuttle buses & the nearby Oak Fire.

After a nearly one-month closure, Yosemite National Park’s famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias reopened to the public this week, drawing hundreds of people who came together to celebrate the ...

Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, shown here shortly after the Washburn Fire began July 7, 2022, suffered only minor damage. No facilities burned and no giant sequoias died.

First reports of the Washburn Fire came Thursday near the park's Washburn Trail and Mariposa Grove of sequoias, according to a statement from the National Park Service and California's Interagency ...