Bridalveil Falls

Bridalveil Fall is one of the most famous waterfalls in the Yosemite Valley in California, seen yearly by millions of visitors to Yosemite National Park.

Bridalveil Fall is 620 feet (188 m) high and flows year round. The glaciers that imprinted Yosemite Valley left many execution valleys which spawned the waterfalls that decant into the valley. All of the waterways that fed these falls imprinted the hanging valleys into sheer cascades with the exception of Bridalveil Fall. Bridalveil still leaps into the valley from the rim of the precipice, though that edge has moved back into a recess from the unique edge of the valley. Note that while Yosemite Falls seem to also drop into this category, the original course took the Yosemite Creek down a gorge to the west of its present location. The primary source of Bridalveil Falls is Ostrander Lake, some 10 miles to the south.