Month: January 2008
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Reader Question: Does Yosemite Ever Close?
Seeing as how today is a National Holiday remembering the work of Martin Luther King Jr. I thought this reader question was very appropriate. Kris wrote in to ask, “Does Yosemite ever close?” The answer is…sorta. Yosemite does not close for holidays or weekends. There are always staff available to help. Most of the concessionaires…
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A penny for your thoughts*
What do you think of the gas prices in El Portal? Too low, too high, just right, fair and balanced, or what? El Portal is pretty remote, after all. Note to corporate oil folks — maybe it’s time to drop the 9/10th of a cent thing. Just round up the $4.29 and 9/10th of a…
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Venues needed for Denny exhibit
This is the last week to see “Yosemite in the Sixties: Climbing life through the lens of Glen Denny”, at the museum (near the Visitor’s Center). There are some amazing photos at this exhibit. Check out these two at the Yosemite Climbing Association. The YCA wants to “… have the Denny exhibit travel. Anyone that…
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Photo of the Day: El Cap Reflected by Tyler Westcott
Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from Tyler Westcott who you may remember also had his awesome panoramic of Cathedral Lake and Jeffrey Pine at Dusk featured as Photo of the Day. I think the thing that drew me to this photo the most was the brilliant blues of the sky and landscape…
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Ostrander Ski Hut
There are still spaces available at the Ostrander Ski Hut this winter. The hut is near Ostrander Lake, elevation 8,500 ft – a 10 mile ski from the end of the (plowed) road at Badger Pass. Ostrander Website Photo by R. Drake, March 20, 2007
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Sierra Club Calls Highway 140 Fix ‘Ridiculous’
Merced Sun Star: Fearing danger to motorists and damage to a scenic river canyon, some environmentalists say the state is moving too quickly to rebuild the western route into Yosemite National Park. That’s a new twist in the story of a massive [rockslide] that shut down Highway 140 for months in 2006 and slowed hundreds…
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2008 Yosemite Sierra Visitors Guide Released
There are lots of great resources for information on the Yosemite area but one of the best I’ve found is the Yosemite Sierra Visitors Guide. If you want one you’re in luck, the 2008 edition was just released and it’s awesome. Sierra Star: “The 2008 Yosemite Sierra Visitors Guide for the Mountain Area, produced by…
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Park History Project
Yosemite National Park Announces Launch of Oral History Project Participants sought for recorded sessions to document Yosemite area history currently titled “I Remember Yosemite…” Yosemite National Park has launched a multi-year oral history project to capture the stories of people who have helped shape, and whose lives have been shaped by, one of the nation’s…
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Photo of the Day: Valley Sunset by Dale Carlson
Today’s Photo of the Day comes from Dale Carlson who caught this really cool sunset over the veil of fog hanging over the Central Valley. Beautiful shot Dale. Photo by Dale Carlson via Flickr.
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Reader Question: How much does it cost to get into Yosemite?
Rainy wrote in: “My fiance and I are planning our first trip to Yosemite, how much does it cost to get in?” It’s only $20 per car to enter the park. That may seem a bit steep at first but the entrance fee is good for 7 days so that’s really less than $3 per…