Place: CA, Nevada Fall

Nevada Fall (Yosemite, Yosemite Valley quad)
(37°43′31″N 119°31′58″W)

Description:
Discovered by a small squad from Major Savage’s party in Yosemite in 1851. The Indian name was Yo-wy-we, signifying the twist or squirm of the falling water. Bunnell suggested the name Nevada. “The Nevada Fall was so called because it was the nearest to the Sierra Nevada, and because the name was sufficiently indicative of a wintry companion for our spring [Vernal].” “The white, foaming water, as it dashed down Yo-wy-we from the snowy mountains, represented to my mind a vast avalanche of snow.” (Bunnell: Discovery of the Yosemite, 1880, p. 205.)

“‘Nevada’ and ‘Vernal,’ emblems eternal
Of winter and loveliest spring.”

(Bunnell: Discovery of the Yosemite, 1880, p. 11.) “Yo-wai'yi, Nevada Fall. In this word also we detect the root of awaia [a lake, or body of water].” (Powers: Tribes of California, in Contributions to North American Ethnology, III, 1877, p. 364.)

Trips:

• April 18, 2014 - Meetup group doing Vernal and Nevada Falls, returning via the JMT
• May 14, 2014 - Backpack trip to Little Yosemite Valley
• May 15, 2014 - Return trip from Little Yosemite Falls
• June 25, 2013 - Start of JMT Hike
• May 15, 2013 - Meetup group to top of Nevada Falls
• August 8, 2016 - Start of our JMT attempt with Rose

References

• Wikipedia
• World of Waterfalls
• NPS Waterfall site
• Trip Advisor
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