Year: 2005
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High Sierra Camps To Remain Closed. Tioga Pass Opens Friday.
An inside source has revealed that High Sierra camps will not be opening this year due to the very high snow pack. In agreement with NPS at Yosemite, they (DNC) have decided that it would not be financially feasible because the infrastructure required to open camps would not be in place until late August, and…
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Dan Mitchell:A most ‘excellent’ photographer
Dan Mitchell’s a great guy and he lent me this awesome picture of Cathedral Peak for Yosemite Blog and I can’t say ‘thank you’ enough. But Dan’s got more than this shot up at his website, Dan Mitchell.org. There’s tons and tons of beautiful photos of Yosemite if you’ve got a few minutes to spare.…
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First Tourist Visitors to Yo Semite, by James M. Hutchings (1888)
The 27th marks the 150th anniversary of the first tourist party, led by James Mason Hutchings, to Yosemite and there’s a copy of the story online. Hutchings: “Believe me there is an indescribable charm steals over the heart when wandering among the untrodden fastnesses of the mountains for the first time, especially under circumstances similar…
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Half Dome Cables Are Up
Since I, myself, was in the High Sierra enjoying a winters storm, high winds, and a bear in my camp (more on that later) I didn’t get the chance to tell everyone, the Half Dome cables are up. Remember, The trail to the Dome is closed during the week at the shoulder for trail work…
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Trekking For A Cause
Picked this one up from over at theThe Sentinel in Hanford California. The Sentinel: “Vacationers on their way to Yosemite this week might have seen a kid in a bright orange T-shirt walking the shoulder of Highway 41, hiking staff in hand, limping slightly and singing to himself. A homeless teenager? A mental patient, maybe?…
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Bear Boxes in the Sierra Nevada
Climber.orghas a list of bear boxes (aka food storage lockers) for Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. The list even has GPS coordinates. Very nice!
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How Well Do You Know The Tioga Road?
The Yosemite Association is having a Trivia Contest about the Tioga Road and man, they’ve got some toughies. I think I know the answer to only one of them. Check ’em out.
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Returning To Yosemite
Stockton Record: “When I was a young child just beginning to walk, my parents took me to this special place where I learned the songs of the birds and the waterfalls, and the wind that blew mist into the air that created rainbows. I remember the intense feeling of comfort, as all of nature sang,…
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Credit To The Photographer
If someone from the NPS is reading this blog and can tell me who’s taking the photos along the Tioga Road, please do. Drop me an email to, loyd@yosemiteblog.com. I’d like to give that person credit.
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Cleaning Up The Mess
Yosemite Road crews are hard at work cleaning up this rockslide near Ohlmsted Point on the Tioga Road (Hwy. 120). If this is the rock I’m thinking it is, my wife and I have been wondering for a while now when it’s going to come down. The Tioga Road, from Crane Flat to Mono Lake,…