Yosemite Blog

Year: 2009

  • Want Your Own Piece of Yosemite? No Problem!

    So you love Yosemite so much you never want to leave. Well, you don’t have to. Sugar Pine Realty is showing a 160 acre lot just outside Yosemite’s Highway 120 (Big Oak Flat Road) by Cherry Lake. The property has lots of trees, a year round stream with fish, and is very private. Asking price,…

  • Ask A Climber

    Visitors peer through a telescope at climbers on El Capitan. Photo by Tom Evans. It’s not uncommon to see throngs of visitors standing along Northside Drive by El Cap staring up at the climbers. I mean, it DOES take a certain amount of something to risk great bodily injury in the name of fun. I…

  • Wet a Line in Yosemite

    Releasing a small rainbow in the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. Photo by Volker Neumann. Many visitors to Yosemite look at the nearly dry waterfalls and slow flowing rivers of late summer and think what a shame it is to have missed the grand floods of spring. Not fly fishermen though, for us late summer…

  • Want some fun? Ride the Rails!

    An old steam powered logging train takes visitors on a 4 mile ride through the beautiful Sierra Nevada just outside Yosemite National Park. Photo by Dale Carlson. If you’re coming up to Yosemite this weekend for the free entry weekend and want something to do why not ride the rails? The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine…

  • Come See John Muir

    Lee Stetson portrays John Muir, possibly one of the most influential men in the history of the United States. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne. It’s not every day you get to meet one of the most influential people in the history of the United States. The Mariposa Museum and History Center will be presenting John Muir…

  • Morning Shot – Aug 13 2009

    Although most people generally consider smoke from fires an annoyance that interferes with their beautiful shot of Yosemite I’ve always found in the right context it can add some interesting colors. Take this shot from Dale Carlson for example. Beautiful! Today’s Forecast: Mostly sunny but some high clouds. High 93F. Overnight lows around 67F. Expect…

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-12

    @samfatima That's always fun. The bears seem a lot more active this year than in the past few. They do make for a memorable trip though. in reply to samfatima # @LizLenn You should see Hwy 49 between Mariposa and Groveland just outside Yosemite. MUCH more scary. in reply to LizLenn # @marajade555 Seriously? Were…

  • Photo of the Day (and a bit more) by Soulsurfer3 (Evan)

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot of a snowy Half Dome in black and white from Soulsurfer3 (Evan) on Flickr. Pretty sure I’ve posted some of Evan’s stuff before. All his photos are awesome. Don’t believe me? What – are you getting skeptical now? Check out this photo of Kauai. Told’ja so.…

  • Who was John Conway?

    Park visitors congregate at Glacier Point to enjoy the setting sun on Half Dome. Photo by Kwong Yee Cheng. Not many people know who John Conway was but if you’ve ever enjoyed the view from Glacier Point, the top of Half Dome, the Mist Trail or the Four Mile Trail he’s the man you should…

  • Slow Traffic on Big Oak Flat Road

    Travelers wait for construction crews to give the OK to proceed during road construction in Yosemite. Photo by Charles Turner. The Half Dome view parking lot will be closed the next few days as constructions crews repave the parking area. During that time traffic on Highway 120 (Big Oak Flat Road) into Yosemite Valley will…