Experienced riders can also take the five-hour round-trip ride to Grizzly Giant, a 2,000-year-old redwood tree visited by President Theodore Roosevelt and naturalist John Muir in this same equine way.

Saving the centuries-old trees in Yosemite's famed Mariposa Grove took hard work from firefighters but also half a century of intentional fires. May 16, 2025. contribute now.

The Washburn Fire in central California has now scorched 4,700 acres from Yosemite National Park to Sierra National Forest as of Friday morning, officials said, growing over 300 acres overnight.