Month: May 2009
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Photo of the Day by Jason Armstrong
Jason Armstrong didn’t give this photo a title when he posted it to Flickr but I can think of about a dozen things to call it. “Nice”, “Sweet”, “Beautiful shot”, “Fantastico!” and “Awesome” just to name a few. There’s one thing to call it that fits more than any other though, Photo of the Day.…
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What’s In Store for Memorial Day
With Memorial Day fast approaching you might want to rethink your plans to visit the park if you haven’t already scored the elusive campsite or hotel reservation. Lodging Traffic is expected to be at an all time high as visitation has been up the last few months as people have been searching for “pocket-book friendly”…
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Tioga Road Opening Wednesday May 20th
The Tioga Road will be opening for traffic starting Wednesday, May 20th at 10:00 a.m. The road will be open to all vehicle traffic but there will be no commercial services open for a while yet. Gasoline will be available 24 hours per day (credit cards only). Additionally, the Tuolumne Meadows Campground, other campgrounds along…
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Photo of the Day: Mist Rainbow from Bridalveil Falls by Marc Crumpler
Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from a long time friend of Yosemite Blog, Marc Crumpler. Marc said he would have liked to have used his ND filter but there was too much mist from the Fall (Bridalveil) so he just did a quick shot with the CP. I think it came out…
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Cables Up on Half Dome
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the cables are now up on Half Dome. Grab your gloves, some water and line up! National Park Service: “The cables allowing trail access for hikers to the summit of Half Dome are up and open for the season today, May 15, 2009. The Half Dome hike is…
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Ebbetts Pass and Sonora Pass Open
For those wondering Highway 4 (Ebbetts Pass) and Highway 108 (Sonora Pass) are both officially open. Now, to get Tioga open.
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I’m Not a Slacker
You may think that because I haven’t been posting much while on my vacation I’ve been slacking, well not so! One need merely to take a look at the What’s New page to see all the interesting pages I’ve been adding over the past few days. If you feel there’s a topic we should cover…
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Reader Feedback from Gloria Garrett
Gloria Garrett called and left this message on the Yosemite Blog tip line. “Hi this is Gloria Garrett and I’m not sure if you’re the person who is responsible for picking the Photo of the Day but if you are I was calling to say thank you because you chose my picture for the May…
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Lookout Below
As part of a collaborative study of the Tuolumne River downstream of O’Shaughnessy Dam, the National Park Service and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission are conducting an experimental “pulse flow” release of water to simulate a typical pre-dam spring runoff condition. The Tuolumne River downstream of the dam is presently running at about 3,400 cubic…
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Tioga Road Opening – Sorta
The Tioga Road will be open to visitors up to all vehicles to Yosemite Creek and bicycles up to the May Lake junction. From there it’s closed except to administrative personnel. This is a good sign. It means in all likely-hood the road will open completely to visitors before Memorial Day. Hooray! Nice job guys…