Month: May 2008
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Chris Asks: Where’s Good Fishing in Yosemite This Time of Year
Chris writes in: I was hoping to get some early season flyfishing in. I will be backpacking with some friends in Yosemite in a few weeks (Probably the 23rd of May to the 26th or so). I know that east of Hetch Hetchy, the Tuolomne is way too fast for any fishing. How about fishing…
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome Yosemite by Bob (aka Go2Bob on Flickr)
Today’s Photo of the Day is a really nice shot of Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon from Glacier Point captured by Bob (aka Go2Bob on Flickr). Great shot Bob. Photo by Bob (aka Go2Bob on Flickr) via Flickr.
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Backpacking With Baby. Yes You Can!
Being the parent of a pre-toddler and an outdoorsman I’m already planning our first trip with the new addition. Here’s a cool article I stumbled across in USA Today about backpacking with baby. Pretty cool! USATODAY.com: “My husband, Stephen, and I stopped to chat with them. It was our fourth Yosemite trip of the year,…
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Cables – just days away from “UP”
Half Dome cables A Ranger on the John Muir Trail told me that the plan is to have crews installing the poles and 2×4″ boards on Wednesday to hopefully have them in place by Thursday. Let the hiking begin! Call the park to confirm. Rick D. www.HikeHalfDome.com
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Construction Begins on New Bridges on 140
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close State Route 140/Ferguson Rockslide Bypass (Incline Road) in Mariposa County to through traffic in one hour intervals. Accumulated traffic will be allowed to go through the closure at the top of the hour; i.e.: 12:00 a.m. (midnight), 1:00 a.m., 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., and 4:00 a.m. Work…
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Tioga Pass Plowing progress report
http://tenaya.ucsd.edu/tioga/ http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tioga.htm Tioga Road progress for May 8, 2008 Ending Location: Tioga Pass Average Snow depth: 6 feet (8 to 9 feet at Tioga Pass parking lots) Snow removal operations continue, including widening Tioga Road and working on utility roads and spur roads. Four avalanche zones remain. There is no estimated opening date for the…
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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…