Three Chute Falls
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Three Chute Falls is a waterfall
on Tenaya Creek, in Yosemite National Park
in the U.S. state
of California
. The falls are located shortly upstream of Mirror Lake
, although they are relatively obscure. It receives its name from the three distinct "chutes" that the creek splits into upon flowing onto a slab of granite
atop the falls, after which it plunges about 80 feet (24.4 m) into a congregation of boulders. The waterfall is easily reached by proceeding upstream along the Mirror Lake Trail, although access to it does require some scrambling.
Not very far upstream, is the much larger, 600 feet (182.9 m) Pywiack Cascade
.
Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...
on Tenaya Creek, in Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The falls are located shortly upstream of Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake may refer to:North America*Mirror Lake, Alaska*Mirror Lake *Mirror Lake *Mirror Lake *Mirror Lake *Mirror Lake , one of two lakes in Lake Placid, New York...
, although they are relatively obscure. It receives its name from the three distinct "chutes" that the creek splits into upon flowing onto a slab of granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
atop the falls, after which it plunges about 80 feet (24.4 m) into a congregation of boulders. The waterfall is easily reached by proceeding upstream along the Mirror Lake Trail, although access to it does require some scrambling.
Not very far upstream, is the much larger, 600 feet (182.9 m) Pywiack Cascade
Pywiack Cascade
The Pywiack Cascade is a waterfall in Yosemite National Park within the U.S. state of California. It is located a few miles downstream from the outlet of Tenaya Lake on Tenaya Creek at the head of the steep and rugged granite gorge, Tenaya Canyon...
.