Clash of the Seasons: Fall Color and Snow in Yosemite

I’ve been to Yosemite in fall but it was late in the season when the fall colors had dimmed to a darker yellow and were transitioning into browns. Yosemite is a wondrous sight whatever the season might be but I really did want to see some of that bright yellow color against the grey granites of this national park that I’m so in love with! I’d been keeping a tab on the color in the park and we had decided that this would be the year that we would go see Yosemite’s signature fall color. And go we did! But guess what — the snow also decided to visit Yosemite that week. So yeah — you’re about to see what it’s like to have –at the same time — fall color and snow in Yosemite.

Believe me when I say — in Yosemite, when fall and winter collide it’s a beautiful disaster!
What else would you call this –

this —

and this?!

Fall color in Yosemite

Snow in Yosemite

Snowliage in Yosemite

So — this was not the fall color I had come to see but who’s complaining!? My kids enjoyed playing in the snow, the husband loved the idea of driving into a snow-covered landscape without having to worry about driving on it. (A lot of the roads in the park were plowed except for the part that becomes Tioga Pass.) And I am just happy to be in Yosemite — anytime!

Now I have 2 more excuses to go up there — to see the park in just its fall colors and to see it all-white in the thick of winter!

Yosemite National Park

If you’re not familiar with Yosemite National Park, let me tell you that this national park in California is the state’s pride. Situated on the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range and carved out by glaciers, Yosemite is known for its views, towering monoliths, waterfalls, trails, wildlife and even redwood forests.

It’s a place you can visit over and over again because it’s a different picture every season.

You might also want to check out these posts —
Six Stops to make in Yosemite Valley
Higher up: Washburn and Glacier Points
Yosemite in late fall
Tioga Pass – A mountain pass that runs through this national park
El Portal Canyon 

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