Combine the Four Mile Trail from the Valley to Glacier Point and the Panorama Trail from Glacier Point back to the Valley, and you get 13.8 miles of pure hiking bliss.

The not-to-be-missed, arduous 7.2-mile Upper Yosemite Falls Trail, started by the master early trailbuilder John Conway (who also designed the Four Mile Trail) in 1873 and taking until 1877 to ...

For high-energy people, hike up Four-Mile Trail (starting near Yosemite Chapel) to Glacier Point, then return to the valley via the Panorama and Mist trails (13.7 miles).

See it up close by hiking two miles (four miles round trip) from Glacier Point along the Panorama Trail. Yosemite Valley landmarks are visible below along the way, including the back of Half Dome.

A lightning fire in Yosemite National Park covered 1,300 acres in the center of the park Wednesday, sending smoke over the valley and forcing closure of several trails and the Little Yosemite ...

Half Dome and Nevada Fall visible along the Panorama Trail, which connects to Glacier Point and leads to Illilouette Fall and other high country treasures, on June 3, 2013.

Half Dome and Nevada Fall visible along the Panorama Trail, which connects to Glacier Point and leads to Illilouette Fall and other high country treasures, on June 3, 2013.