Yosemite Blog

Year: 2008

  • We’d Like to Hear from You

    As part of our new roll out we’re featuring sections on places to stay in and around the park. If you’ve stayed at any of the local inns we’d like to hear from you. Send us an email with what you liked or didn’t like and what you thought of where you stayed. It can…

  • Photo of the Day: Olmstead Point, Yosemite by Sean Duan

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot by Sean Duan of Olmsted Point. This one you need to see full size. Beautiful. Very nice, Sean. Photo by Sean Duan via Flickr.

  • Fire Season Officially Over for Yosemite *WHEW*!

    With recent wet weather dampening everything in sight, fire season in Yosemite is officially over. National Park Service: The fire season concludes this year with a number of projects successfully completed, including those which significantly protect communities in and around Yosemite. In April, 1,124 acres were burned immediately adjacent to the community of Wawona, and…

  • DNA Confirms Steve Fossets Body in Crash South East of Yosemite

    The body found in the wreckage of a small plane South East of Yosemite National Park has been confirmed through DNA testing to be that of missing Steve Fosset. Independent.co.uk: “A California Department of Justice Forensics lab has determined that items containing DNA – discovered last week – match James Stephen Fossett’s DNA,” the Madera…

  • Photo of the Day: Vote by Edie Howe-Byrne

    Here’s another one of those beautiful shots from Edie. She just gave this one a number but I thought the title “Vote” fit it pretty well. Very pretty, Edie. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne of LittleRedTent.net

  • This May Be Your Only Chance – Come See the Bracebridge Dinner

    Since the first time Ansel Adams and crew put on the production the Bracebridge Dinner at the Ahwahnee has been an elegant affair for the genteel. Well, no longer. The old system of a lottery for tickets has been abolished with a new first-come first-serve policy in it’s place. What’s this mean for you? Well…

  • Get Interactive With the 17 Gigapixel View of Yosemite

    Ok so I’m going to assume everyone’s seen the 17 gigapixel image from Glacier Point but did you see the interactive one where you can zoom in and out, scroll around, check out the hot babe in the bikini at Vernal Fall or the guys on the motorcycle by Curry Village? If not, have a…

  • Photo of the Day: Bridalveil Fall by Monbongon

    Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from Monbongon over on Flickr and is a beautiful afternoon shot of Bridalveil Fall. Very nice. Photo by Monbongon via Flickr.

  • SF Approves $4.4 Billion For Hetch Hetchy Project

    The San Francisco planning and public utilities commissions approved a $4.4 billion dollar plan to upgrade the Hetch Hetchy water system, rebuild the dam on the Calaveras River and allow the city to draw more water from the already endangered Tuolumne during drought years. San Jose Mercury News: “The city’s planning and public utilities commissions…

  • Rain Rain and More Rain…Oh Yeah and Some Snow

    To give you an idea of what the weather is like in the park right now, here’s a radar image I just grabbed from Weather.com. The blue is snow, pink is rain/snow mix, green varying levels of rain and yellow is heavy rain.