Pywiack Cascade
Pywiack Cascade is an interesting 600ft sliding waterfall lying at the head of the rugged Tenaya Canyon. While the most observant viewers can see the cascade from Glacier Point, you'll have to go on a bit of a hike in the Yosemite High Country in order to get closer to the falls. There is no safe access to the base of the waterfall as Tenaya Canyon is too rugged and steep. To get the view you see above, we started from Olmstead Point (signpost T24 on the Tioga Road or Hwy 120) then followed the rock cairns around the northern rim of Tenaya Canyon where it eventually joins up to the Snow Creek Trail. You don't have to get all the way to the Snow Creek Trail to see the falls though. I think it's roughly a 6-mile round trip hike to and from Olmstead Point for this option. The first photograph below shows the way most people can see the falls if they have a telephoto lens. However, this view comes from the Half Dome Trail. Tell us about your experience with this waterfall. [Back to top] [Go to previous waterfall: Snow Creek Falls] [Go to next waterfall: "Mirror Lake Falls"] [Go to the Tenaya Canyon and the Giant Stairway Waterfalls Page] [Go to the Yosemite Page] [Return from Pywiack Cascade to the World of Waterfalls Home Page]
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The waterfall as seen from Half Dome
This is not the featured cascade. However, it is a nice ephemeral waterfall on the way to it.
