Olmsted Cascade

This is the first major fall along Tenaya Creek between Tenaya Lake and Yosemite Valley. The creek here begins by falling down a steep horsetail-type fall, which then reverts into an incredibly long waterslide which features several potholes large enough for swimming in. The total drop of the falls is around 300 feet but thanks to the sliding portion of the falls this drop occurs over a run of nearly 1,500 linear feet, making this a fairly gradual fall. The potholes throughout the falls are somewhat popular for swimming during the later summer months when Tenaya Creek is not running heavily. Additionally thanks to the lack of topsoil in the basin upstream from here this waterfall will run dry during the later summer months once the winter snowpack has melted off.This waterfall is not known to have any official or historical name so we have named it for nearby Olmsted Point.