Year: 2008
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Photo of the Day: Mount Watkins and Reflection by David Webster
Today’s Photo of the Day is a really cool shot of Mount Watkins reflected in Mirror Lake. Nice shot David. Photo by David Webster via Flickr.
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Where Can I Get Gas in Yosemite?
View Larger Map Mike sent in an email and asked: “My wife Trisha, our 2 year old daughter Amy and I are headed up for Valentines Day. I saw Brian’s post about gas prices. Where is there to get gas in Yosemite?” Well Mike you have 3 basic options for gas inside the park. There’s…
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Photo of the Day: Cub with Mama Bear in Yosemite by Taylor Davis
Somehow I missed this really cool photo Taylor posted on Flickr and tagged yosemiteblog.com but when I was looking through all the great photos tonight it really drew my attention. What a great shot! Nice work Taylor. By the way, if you’ve got a photo or story you’d like to share or you think is…
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Team Works To Record Oral History of Yosemite
Paul Rogers and his team are undertaking a very ambitious project, recording Yosemite’s oral history. UnionDemocrat: “‘The park has never really had a formal oral history,’ Rogers said. ‘We’re looking for personal voices among a cross-section of people.’ Rogers said his team plans to interview former and current National Park Service and concession employees, longtime…
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Reader Question: Does Yosemite Ever Close?
Seeing as how today is a National Holiday remembering the work of Martin Luther King Jr. I thought this reader question was very appropriate. Kris wrote in to ask, “Does Yosemite ever close?” The answer is…sorta. Yosemite does not close for holidays or weekends. There are always staff available to help. Most of the concessionaires…
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A penny for your thoughts*
What do you think of the gas prices in El Portal? Too low, too high, just right, fair and balanced, or what? El Portal is pretty remote, after all. Note to corporate oil folks — maybe it’s time to drop the 9/10th of a cent thing. Just round up the $4.29 and 9/10th of a…
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Venues needed for Denny exhibit
This is the last week to see “Yosemite in the Sixties: Climbing life through the lens of Glen Denny”, at the museum (near the Visitor’s Center). There are some amazing photos at this exhibit. Check out these two at the Yosemite Climbing Association. The YCA wants to “… have the Denny exhibit travel. Anyone that…
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Photo of the Day: El Cap Reflected by Tyler Westcott
Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from Tyler Westcott who you may remember also had his awesome panoramic of Cathedral Lake and Jeffrey Pine at Dusk featured as Photo of the Day. I think the thing that drew me to this photo the most was the brilliant blues of the sky and landscape…
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Ostrander Ski Hut
There are still spaces available at the Ostrander Ski Hut this winter. The hut is near Ostrander Lake, elevation 8,500 ft – a 10 mile ski from the end of the (plowed) road at Badger Pass. Ostrander Website Photo by R. Drake, March 20, 2007
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Sierra Club Calls Highway 140 Fix ‘Ridiculous’
Merced Sun Star: Fearing danger to motorists and damage to a scenic river canyon, some environmentalists say the state is moving too quickly to rebuild the western route into Yosemite National Park. That’s a new twist in the story of a massive [rockslide] that shut down Highway 140 for months in 2006 and slowed hundreds…