Month: August 2009
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Don’t Try to Enter on Highway 120
Just heard from a couple different sources that people trying to enter the park on Highway 120 are being told to turn around and go back if their destination is Yosemite Valley. If you want to go to Yosemite use Highway 140 from Mariposa or Highway 41 from Oakhurst. You can take Highway 49 from…
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Man Saves Hiker From Plunging Off Half Dome
You may remember back a few week ago when an afternoon storm brought rain and hail to Yosemite. It was a dangerous time to be out walking on the slick, wet granite. That day claimed one life and almost another had it not been for the quick thinking and selfless actions of a 60 year…
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Got Photo or Video of the Ahwahnee Slide or Big Oak Flat Road Fire?
If you’ve got photos or video of the Big Oak Flat Road fire or the Ahwahnee Rockslide and you’d like to share them you can email me the photos or video or a link if you have them hosted online. Be sure to send your Web site’s URL so I can properly attribute them to…
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More Shots of the Big Oak Flat Road (Big Meadow) Fire
Here’s another shot of the Big Oak Flat Road (Big Meadow) Fire from Flickr. Looks like the fire is cleaning up all the old snags and thick brush in the old A Rock fire burn scar. All photos by iaml33t.
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Stunning Pictures of the Big Oak Flat Road (Big Meadow) Fire in Yosemite
Edie from LittleRedTent.net went out last night and got some awesome shots of the Big Oak Flat Road fire, formerly the Big Meadow prescribed burn that got out of control. Currently Highway 120 is still closed. Anyone wishing to enter Yosemite Valley is advised to use Highway 140 via Merced and Mariposa or Highway 41…
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@TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-26
@KonasChips Highway 120 inside the park just up the hill from the junction of the Highway 120 and 140. in reply to KonasChips # @f_go or the rockslide http://bit.ly/3oZf9T in reply to f_go # @f_go A buildup of water behind the layers of rock can loosen the rock. Couple that with cooler temperatures last night…
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Big Meadow Fire Update
Here’s the official word from the NPS on what’s going on tonight with the Big Meadow prescribed burn that went nuts. “The Big Meadow (Foresta) prescribed burn jumped a holding line, has crossed the Big Oak Flat Road, and is now approximately 300 acres. Multiple aircraft and about 100 firefighters are working on the fire.…
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Rock Fall in Yosemite (video)
Still waiting to see if anyone happened to grab their video camera and capture the rockfall behind the Ahwahnee but here’s a video from the 2008 rockfall that decimated part of Curry Village as seen from a climbers perspective almost directly across from the release point.
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Royal Arches Rockfall Photos
Edie from LittleRedTent.net sent me these photos she took of the Royal Arches rock fall this afternoon. The above photo shows the breakaway site on the cliff. Below a Yosemite Search and Rescue team member answers visitor questions about the incident. Below employees of the Delaware North Company await information and directions at the Curry…
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Ahwahnee Closed Through Friday at Noon
A sizable rock slide released from the Royal Arches closes the Ahwahnee while officials monitor the slide area. Photo courtesy Yosemiter.com. Ok the irony that i posted a shot of the 1996 Happy Isles rock slide this morning for the Morning Shot then today a rock slide occurred behind the Ahwahnee Hotel is just freaky.…