Day: May 8, 2008
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Photo of the Day: Firefall by Edie Howe-Byrne
Edie took this cool shot last night as a fire on the North rim of the Valley dropped sparks and embers down the cliff by Royal Arches. It was so great that it had to be Photo of the Day. I think this is my current favorite photo up on Flickr. Excellent work Edie. Class…
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Current Park Trail Conditions for May 9th 2008
The John Muir Trail between Clark Point and the top of Nevada Fall is closed for the winter. The Mist Trail to Nevada and Vernal Fall is open. The Four Mile Trail is closed for the winter just below Union Point. No expected opening date at this time. The Half Dome cables are down for…
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School Buses Crash in Yosemite
Just got this from the National Park Service. Two school buses from Yolo Middle School in Newman collided in a rear end collision about a mile north of the El Portal Road/Big Oak Flat Road intersection. Forty children were on board the two buses. Injuries are being described as minor to moderate. The children were…
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Firefalls 2008: Follow up.
Our friend Tom Lambert has a post up on his blog, YosemiteExplorer.com about the Royal Arches fire; In a nutshell, a fire was spotted on Monday night at that spot. Speculation is that climbers coming off the Royal Arches route lit it to get warm, and didn’t extinguish it properly. You can read Tom’s account…