Month: April 2006

  • Don’t drink from that stream, until you treat it!

    Here’s some good advice for hikers and backpackers alike. If you’re heading into the wilderness treat your water. MercuryNews.com: Bay Area hikers heading to the Sierra Nevada this summer should be extra careful about where they find their drinking water, particularly if cows are nearby. That’s the upshot of a new study that found cattle-grazing…

  • Now Appearing

    If you’ve been reading Yosemite Blog with any regularity then you’ve probably heard me mention Misha Logvinov several times. Well now Misha’s awesome photos of the Yosemite high country have caught someone else’s eye, the editors of National Geographic Adventure magazine. Misha’s photo (as seen at left) of Mathes Crest is appearing in this months…

  • Campground Opening

    The back loops of the Wawona Campground have opened for the season and the campground is now on reservations. The Hodgdon Meadow Group Camp has opened for the season and the Hodgdon Meadow Campground is now on reservations. Technorati Tags: California, camping, news, yosemite

  • Yosemite Celebrating National Parks Week April 21st – 29th

    April 21st – 29th is National Parks Weeks and Yosemite has lots of fun and exciting things planned to celebrate. Evening Events Friday, April 21 Special Earth Day Eve Family Program: music and fun with Adam Burns and friends 7:00 Yosemite Lodge Amphitheater Saturday, April 22 Lee Stetson, Actor: “An Earth Day Visit with John…

  • Celebrate Earth Day in Yosemite

    If you’re headed up to the park for earth Day there’s lots of cool thing for you to check out and do and you might even get into the park for free. Yosemite National Park will celebrate Earth Day with a variety of stewardship and educational activities intended to improve the visitor’s understanding of the…

  • Campgrounds are full where should we go?

    Pavitra happened across the blog the other day and thought to write in with a great question. I’m planning a 4 or 5-day camping trip to Yosemite in mid-June and need your help finding a campground. All the campsites in yosemite are reserved already, so I am now looking at places outside the park. (I…

  • Jon’s made the deal even sweeter

    If you’re looking to get Jon’s DVD Hiking Guide then now is the time. Jon sent me an email to let me know that not only will you get the free map/guide if you mention YosemiteBlog when you order but he’s giving away free shipping. Wow! That’s awesome. You can find out more information at…

  • 120 Closed Due to Road Work at Priest Grade

    If you’re traveling up the 120 route into Yosemite looks like you can expect a little longer drive than you’d planned. CalTrans is doing some emergency roadwork at the bottom of Priest Grade, a narrow winding section of road just below Big Oak Flat and Groveland. NPS:The Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be closing State…

  • Sunrise

    Sunrise Originally uploaded by Campin’ Guy. Digging around for photos of Bridalveil Fall on my external hard drive I came across this one from early last summer.

  • Spamed

    Sorry it took so long to get back. I had to ban a spammers IP this morning. Over the weekend I received over 300 spam comments. Each time a comment is made it generates an email to me. So that’s not only 300 comments I had to wade through but 300 emails plus all the…