Chasing Waterfalls on Deer Creek: A Trail Experience Through Canyon Gorges, Fish Ladders, and Spring Runoff Magic

Deer Creek Falls

By Charlie Pankey | Sierra Rec Magazine There’s something ancient about the sound of a fast-moving creek echoing through a canyon. It’s a sound that draws you in—pulls you toward mystery, motion, and a little bit of magic. On a warm spring morning just west of Chester, California, I found myself exploring that sound along … Read more

Yosemite Spring Run Off

Tunnel View view of the Yosemite Valley from the tunnel entrance to the Valley

Yosemite National Park is an annual spring trip for thousands of families in California and from around the world. The sound of roaring waterfalls filled with ice cold snow melt plummeting to the valley floor and cascading down towering rock fields and along the Merced River valley is a time of harmony in the Sierra. … Read more