Yosemite
![5 Weekend Backpacking Trips in California to Do This Summer](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/2fbD4f9kswLt4Lk6HHX41P/00e60a61c4c793ca635f1692e1d1f6a2/Nash-Rood-Lost-Coast-Trail-Tips-Field-Mag-hero.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Use these helpful guides to plan your next trip now, and find yourself among nature once the stay-at-home order lifts
![Photographing a Yosemite Atmospheric River on 120 & 35mm Film](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/6yORJTBdMBEEZHkuwrXEfd/ab4fcf8820f9b0a88cd6d99cedda4e28/Jake-Tovar-Yosemite-Valley-horizontal.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
A late-fall trip into America's most-photographed valley proves that a crummy weather forecast can coax out some of its dreamiest views
![11 Surreal Reflection Photos of Yosemite's Most Iconic Landmarks](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/PQEkxl8JEY7WhZIRYSghU/90fbf031db5a3eae5c804eed778d0046/Danny-Thorn-Yosemite-Reflection-Fieldmag-5.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Stunning film photography turns the placid Merced River into a mirror, capturing El Cap & Half Dome with dreamlike double vision
![A Local’s Guide to Trad Climbing in Yosemite National Park](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/udNWMEe5g9LPoMfnhOUMM/47a703becf6aa6b30ae561e394c69176/Andrew-Upchurch-Trad-Climb-Frenzy-11.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
A rundown of cams, nuts, anchors, leaders, and more in the context of climbing Central Pillar of Frenzy, a Middle Cathedral Rock classic
![Q&A: Alex Honnold on Heroes, Death & Free Soloing 3200' El Capitan](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/XSXX3NnQuQ8KmmuGckCMo/85e98f4c76f2f357d07dda4bca6ba5d1/Honnold-Free-Solo-El-Cap-1.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
The world's premier free solo climber lives in a van, thinks life insurance is a scam, and is unlike anyone else
![What to Do With 24 Hours in Yosemite National Park](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/2MkO0CXk8o6YomweuMkQMC/7d7091945db50affb42609d3ba0e2e78/Nash-Rood-Yosemite-El-Cap-4.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
One film photographer's rainy day exploration of one of America's most iconic natural landscapes
![Experimental Film Exposures From the California Wilderness](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/2RRxNXCri8uqYEA4y8OU0u/406106cee25b066d184a4a964fc6dba1/Jason-Corning-experimental-film-6.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
San Francisco-based photographer Jason Corning shares a selection of 35mm film photographs made to capture a feeling of time
![Mile High Camping in Yosemite National Park](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/byY1VzhJewKeM8UO8OkwY/891fe1cae727354d2c682921967e9d8c/A-Upchurch-Taft-Point-10.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
A night of rare solitude atop iconic granite in the heart of the park and height of a no-show winter season
![Exploring Yosemite's Iconic Backcountry Ski Hut](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/2UGCUkCELScwmoyMUYgc2I/d29c6a9292d35bb18dd9d9111335afe7/Upchurch-Ostrander-Hut-13.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
A last minute 10-mile ski tour to Ostrander Lake, deep in Yosemite National Park
![Local's Beta on Climbing Super Slide, a Yosemite Classic](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/7FU7XJESc0GiesuGi6qOC4/ccab37c69b4ef4baf5d937b40a4fb93c/Upchurch-Superslide-8-Yosemite.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Celebrating Rocktober with expired film and a perfect send on well loved Royal Arches Area route
![Lessons Learned From a Case of PCT Cheryl Strayed Syndrome](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/2Mc3BAvTf2eqywCU6MWkMU/67c0d6334afa217333f15810318d605d/Upchurch-Glen-Aulin-9.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
A local Yosemite photographer helps out a fellow lost and unprepared hiker deep in Yosemite National Park
![A Solo Road Trip Through the Eastern Sierra, on 35mm Film](http://images.ctfassets.net/r7p9m4b1iqbp/4mH71H3TVeCAQS2qU44wqM/89b9fecd093fa80386930c1ec3ef3293/Upchurch-Yosemite-Mammoth-24.jpg?w=600&q=85&fm=jpg&fl=progressive)
Documenting the best car camping route from Yosemite National Park to Mammoth Lakes, California