Glacier - Yosemite Sightseeing Attraction
Did you know that Glacier is Yosemites Most Beautiful Vista!!! Towering at an elevation of 7
,214 ft., this high elevation view point is home to the best sun rise, sun set or a moon rise of the whole Sierra Nevada. From Glacier Point, a stupendous panoramic vista stretches out in the endless horizon for many miles north and east, overlooking hanging valleys & countless high mountains such Clark Range, Clouds Rest And Half Dome. From Glacier Point, you can also admire the Yosemite's most famous Falls, including, Vernal Falls, Nevada Falls dominated by the imposing Staircase Falls under a picturesque & magnificent sky that come to complete the charming masterpiece of nature profiling though out the endless horizon. Take a look over the forests and meadows around the Merced River, Giant Yosemite waterfalls & the sheer cliffs pointing out sharply towards the sky. The Giant Granite hangings you see are the rock climber's biggest challenge.Glacier Point still witness President Roosevelt's meeting with John Muir in 1903. The evincive father founder of the Sierra Nevada club (that gave birth to USA National Park system) believes that the impact of the Yosemite amazing nature convinced President T. Roosevelt to embark on a course of action that established 148 million acres of National Forest, 5 National Parks and 23 National Monuments during his term of office. Ansel Adams also fell in love with Yosemite & Glacier Point immortalizing it in many photographs such" Moon and Half Dome" and "Half Dome from Glacier Point". Mount Ansel Adams (11,760 ft) in the Sierra Nevada was named after the American most celebrated photographer, Ansel Adams. Take your camera and join us for an incredible adventure during the winters or summer time up at Glacier Point where photographers gather to catch the reddish-orange sun softly setting over the Valley - transforming the Giant Granite to glow with magical colorful lights.
We can't leave without sharing with you John Muir's quotation, "The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers...Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike." While Ansel Adams says "Yosemite, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space...every experience is a form of exploration" adding "Not everybody trusts paintings, but people believe photographs." And that "You don't take a photograph, you make it." Join us and immortalize this natural beauty in your own photographs. We recommend our best seller 4 wheel drive SUV tour that takes you where Vans and buses dont!
Hiking starts at Glacier Point: Our 2 days Yosemite private tour is customizable and offers the best hiking trails in North America. Indeed, the famous hiking trails in the Yosemite National Park take their source at Glacier Point for breathtaking day hikes downhill via the 4-Mile Trail and the Panorama Trail. Both drop down to the Valley floor from Glacier Point passing the Panorama Trail & the Yosemite's majestic waterfalls such as Nevada Fall, the Yosemite Falls; the highest waterfalls in North America. The trail then takes us down via the Mist Trail to Happy Isles passing other great gorgeous waterfalls and high domes such Half Dome, along the way. (Six-hour hike) Do you still need more reasons to join us? Glacier Point is open from late spring through early fall (Weather conditions permitting)
Most of bus tour companies are limited to the crowded Yosemite valley located about 4200 ft below Glacier Point. Unlike other tour companies, Golden Horizon Travel offers daily SUV 4X4 TO VISIT Glacier Point where the views are spectacular and breathtaking! Book your tour with us today and get 10% off for a lifetime adventure you will never forget!
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