Year: 2007
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Snow Forecast For Yosemite Through This Weekend
There’s a severe storm warning in effect over the next couple of days with snow levels predicted to drop to around 6500 feet. This shouldn’t affect traffic coming in on Highway 140 very much but it’s likely those coming from Oakhurs/Wawona on Highway 41 or from Groveland/Big Oak Flat on the Big Oak Flat road…
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Bush Requests Money To Study Restoring Hetch Hetchy
President Bush has stuck $7 million into the budget to study the impact of removing O’Shaughnessy Dam and restoring Hetch Hetchy. Unfortunately not everyone looks like they’re happy about it. ScrippsNews: “This week, the administration slid the Hetch Hetchy study funds into its overall Interior Department budget proposal. If approved by Congress, the money would…
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Kate Asks About Visiting The Park In March
Kate writes in to ask: I’ve recently moved to the Bay Area and am contemplating a 2 night first-time-ever trip to Yosemite around March 25. A few quick questions I was hoping you could answer: will there be enough to do (hiking wise) without needing special gear? How warm need clothing be (My boyfriend will…
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Waiting For the Firefall
P2030559.jpg Originally uploaded by Ambitious Wench. If you’re an avid photographer then you’re probably familiar with Galen Rowell’s famous Firefall photo. Every February right about this time the sun is just right in the early evening to cast a read glow on a small waterfall on El Capitans eastern buttress causing it to turn a…
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William Asks About Presidents Day Weekend
Reader William writes in to ask: “I am planning on a weekend trip to Yosemite over the President weekend. This is my first trip to the park and I have done a lot of research. One thing that I am concerned about is getting in and out of the park . I read about the…
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Yosemite Offering More Solitude
Maybe you’ve notice or maybe you haven’t but visitation to the Park fell by 20% for 2006 as compared to 10 years ago giving visitors more breathing room and freedom to enjoy the natural beauty of the park. MercuryNews.com: “Fewer people visited Yosemite last year than at any time in the past 16 years, according…
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New Easier To Use Reservation System Coming – But Still Reserve Your Site Early
Big news! Reserving a camp site is getting even easier with a new website set to launch in early February. National Park Service: “On February 7, 2007, the National Park Reservation Service and the National Recreation Reservation Service (NRRS) will combine to provide enhanced reservation services in Yosemite National Park for both group and individual…
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Write This One Down
If you’re headed up to the park you can get updated road conditions by calling 209-372-0200.
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Reader Sarah Asks About Tent Camping Over President’s Day Weekend
Sarah writes in: I am planning a trip up there next month during President’s Day weekend. I have been looking at accommodations and saw a great deal for unheated tents in Curry Village for those days. I was wondering if you knew the general weather conditions for that time of year, and whether or not…
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Something New
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