Month: December 2006
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Hiking to Vernal or Nevada Falls? Listen Up.
If you’re planning on hiking Vernal or Nevada Falls be sure to stop by the visitor center as the Winter Route is now in use. This means that some areas are now off limits to protect visitors from falling ice, snow, and slipping on icy trails.
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It’s a Beautiful Day
What a beautiful day. Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Association.
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A Winter Wonderland
There’s a great article over at the Tehachapi News that paints a great picture why Yosemiteis a “winter wonderland”. Couldn’t have said it any better myself. Tehachapi News: “There are numerous waterfalls throughout the Sierra Nevada Range that blast over the rim of the canyon and descend in an eerie, slow-motion roar to feed the…
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Yosemite In Winter
I saw on a forum for a photography group where someone was asking what it’s like in Yosemite in winter. The picture above was taken today around 11 a.m. (click for larger version) Normally Yosemite can be quite cold in the winter. There’s usually a couple of inches of snow on the ground in the…
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Ken Yager Honored For Work In Yosemite
Congratulations to Ken Yager, President of the Yosemite Climbing Association, who was recently awarded the Yosemite Award from Park Superintendent Mike Tollefson. Ken was the driving force behind the Yosemite Facelift, an all volunteer effort to clean up the park. YosemiteClimbing.org: “This year 1,157 volunteers of all ages participated in the five-day cleanup for a…