Month: May 2008
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North and Southside Drives to Reopen Memorial Day Weekend
Beginning Memorial Day weekend North and Southside Drives will return to their normal one way traffic patterns. The El Capitan crossover and bridge will also reopen to traffic.
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Tioga Road to Open and Some Tips for the Memorial Day Weekend
The Tioga Road will open to traffic this Wednesday just in time for Memorial Day. Here’s the official word from the National Park Service plus some tips for visitors headed into the park over the Memorial dayweekend. Yosemite National Park Superintendent Mike Tollefson announced today that the Tioga Road will open for the season on…
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Half Dome Cables Up for the Season
Grab your water, gloves, walking stick and good boots the cables are up on Half Dome just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy!
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Photo of the Day: Jeffrey Pine and Half Dome by Forrest Pangborn
Today’s Photo of the Day is an awesome shot of Half Dome from Forrest Pangborn who tagged his photo with YosemiteBlog on Flickr. Tagging your photos with certain keywords is a great way to get your stuff noticed. I have searches setup for YosemiteBlog, Yosemiteblog.com and Yosemiteblogcom so if you tag your photos with any…
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CA State Parks – SAVED!!!
Many, many of us enjoy and use the State Parks as our training ground for our Yosemite hikes. This is great news. Governor Schwarzenegger released a revision to his January budget and is now proposing to restore funding to keep all of California’s state parks open. The Save Our State Parks Campaign advises that the Legislature…
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John Muir Trail Open
The John Muir Trail from Clark’s Point to Nevada Fall is open for the season.
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Hot Weather Brings Warnings From Officials
An excessive heat warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Sierra Nevada. If you plan to be out doors drink lots of water early an watch for dehydration. If you can try to stay inside and out of the sun. If you plan on hiking watch for swift moving water and…
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Photo of the Day: Yosemite Falls and Sierra by Joe Powell
Joe Powell posted 2 really great photos (here’s the other) and I had a really hard time choosing which would be today’s Photo of the Day but in the end I really liked how the horizontal framing created a feeling of openness and space. Great shot Joe. Nicely done. Photo by Joe Powell via Flickr.
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Photo of the Day: El Cap and the Merced by Steve Ryan
Today’s Photo of the Day is a really awesome shot of El Cap and it’s reflection in the Merced River by Steve Ryan. Awesome shot Steve! Photo by Steve Ryan via Flickr.
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Tioga Road Ready?
Nothing is confirmed. This is just my opinion. Administrative traffic is being allowed through on the Tioga Road. I’m betting it opens Friday. Just in time for Memorial Day. This is just my opinion. I have heard nothing.