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Glacier Point

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Glacier Point is a viewpoint above Yosemite Valley, in California, United States. [1]

24 relations: Badger Pass Ski Area, California, Cliff, Clouds Rest, Cross-country skiing, Curry Village, California, Ecology of the Sierra Nevada, Four Mile Trail, Freshet, Glacier Point Hotel, Half Dome, Little Yosemite Valley, Mount Clark (California), National Park Service, Nevada Fall, Snowshoe, Staircase Falls, Tourism, United States Department of the Interior, Vernal Fall, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Firefall, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley.

Badger Pass Ski Area

Badger Pass Ski Area is a small ski area located within Yosemite National Park.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cliff

In geography and geology, a cliff is a vertical, or nearly vertical, rock exposure.

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Clouds Rest

Clouds Rest is a mountain in Yosemite National Park east northeast of Yosemite Village, California.

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Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance.

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Curry Village, California

Half Dome Village, previously called Curry Village and Camp Curry, is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California, within the Yosemite Valley of Yosemite National Park.

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Ecology of the Sierra Nevada

The ecology of the Sierra Nevada, located in the U.S. state of California, is diverse and complex: the plants and animals are a significant part of the scenic beauty of the mountain range.

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Four Mile Trail

Four Mile Trail is a moderate to strenuous trail leading from Yosemite Valley to Glacier Point.

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Freshet

The term freshet is most commonly used to describe a spring thaw resulting from snow and ice melt in rivers located in the northern latitudes of North America.

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Glacier Point Hotel

The Glacier Point Hotel was a historic 80-room chalet-style hotel built on the grounds of Glacier Point overlooking Yosemite Valley, California, adjacent to the McCauley Mountain House.

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Half Dome

Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California.

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Little Yosemite Valley

Little Yosemite Valley is a smaller glacial valley upstream in the Merced River drainage from the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.

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Mount Clark (California)

Mount Clark is a granite peak in the Clark Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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Nevada Fall

Nevada FallThe official spelling is singular, see is a high waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California.

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Snowshoe

A snowshoe is footwear for walking over snow.

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Staircase Falls

Staircase Falls is a series of waterfalls located on Gossamer Creek in Yosemite National Park, California.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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United States Department of the Interior

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States.

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Vernal Fall

Vernal Fall is a waterfall on the Merced River just downstream of Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, California.

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Yosemite Falls

Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in Yosemite National Park, dropping a total of from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall.

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Yosemite Firefall

The Yosemite Firefall was a summer time event that began in 1872 and continued for almost a century, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park to the valley 3,000 feet below.

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Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is an American national park lying in the western Sierra Nevada of California.

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Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Point

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