Month: February 2008
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Yosemite Concessionaire Gets New Phone Numbers
Our agent inside the Delaware North Company…we’ll call her Secret Squirrel…ok, it was Theresa…sent me this press release to let everyone know that Delaware North Company, the company who currently runs all the concessionaires services within the park, has changed some of their phone numbers. YosemitePark.com: “A bank of thirty telephone numbers used by Yosemite…
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Photo of the Day: Bobcat by Chuck Cagara
Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from Chuck Cagara over at www.MagicalLightPhotography.com Chuck said in his email: “I have seen this bobcat several times during the last month around Cook’s Meadow. It largely ignored me while intently on the prowl. Oddly, the only creature nearby (directly in the cat’s line-of-sight) was a browsing…
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Badger Pass Conditions Update
With the recent snow and the beautiful sunshine we’ve been having over the past few days many people are headed up to the slopes to get in a little skiing before all the fluffy white stuff disappears. Here are the most recent conditions at Badger Pass as taken from the NPS daily bulletin. Weather: Jan…
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Yosemite Valley School Fund Raiser and Photo Reception on Saturday
Stop by for some good food: __________________________________________________ Saturday, February 16th 2008 on the Ansel Adams Gallery Porch 11:30-1:30pm will be a homemade soup sale. $5.00 for a bowl of soup, roll and hot tea, the best deal in the valley for lunch. Soups to include Turkey chili, broccoli cheddar, veggie-veggie, chicken noodle and chicken rice…
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Rockfall Year in Review: 2007
From the NPS rock dude geologist: ____________________________________________________________ On the whole, 2007 was a relatively quiet year in terms of rockfall in Yosemite. Although the total number of documented rockfalls in 2007 was about the same as in 2006, the total volume of rockfall in 2007 was substantially less. This is probably at least partly due…
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Photo of the Day: Untitled by Jason Manzatt
The downfall about being an uber-busy super dad is that sometimes I fall asleep when I’m trying to get the kids to bed. I had this photo all picked out for yesterday’s Photo of the Day and ready to post but…well you get the idea. So TODAY’S Photo of Day is an awesome shot by…
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Schooled at Clark Range View
For a short time yesterday, I thought this would be a photo of two beautiful women on skis. Instead, it’s two porta-cans in a snowbank. Sometimes life is like that. I went to the Clark Range View trail, near Crane Flat, to see if there was any snow up there. It was a great day,…
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Long Waits and Road Closures: Weekends in Yosemite
If you’re headed up to the park on 140 (Merced/Mariposa) or 120 (Manteca/Groveland) then be prepared to wait. And wait. And wait some more. In fact, be prepared to wait half an hour or more. Road construction on the El Portal Road where 120/140 meet is still taking place and construction is in high gear…
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Horsetail Falls: Condition Report
I had the pleasure of taking Don Gale’s photography group out to photograph Horsetail Falls tonight at sunset. Thanks to the help of Jessie and Ryan, we were able to break a trail into the parking lot of El Cap picnic area, so the rest of the group could follow behind without sinking in up…
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This is NOT the Photo of the Day
It’s damn close, though. This is Glacier Point road by Paul, who goes by pc3f. Photo by pc3f via Flickr.