Author: lbschutte
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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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Tuolumne Meadows or Bridalveil Creek?
Kim writes in: “My boyfriend and I are planning a trip up North to Yosemite in August. We would like to stop in mid-week (Tue/Wed) and stay a couple of nights til Thur. As you probably know, reservations by now are impossible to obtain. It’s probably a blessing, for we’d rather avoid the high-traffic, crowded,…
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Photo of the Day: Upper Yosemite Fall by Loyd Schutte
Today’s Photo of the Day is actually another one of my photos that I took last week. This one is a nice shot of Upper Yosemite Fall. There was a little bit of upper atmosphere clouds early in the morning so it made a nice even light on the fall that really brought out the…
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Dogwoods Are in Full Bloom
The Dogwoods are probably one of my favorite things about Yosemite and something I don’t like to miss. Here’s a photo taken just the other day for all of you that can’t make it out to see the beautiful display they’re putting on right now. For those of you that can, hurry. A few of…
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Can I fish in the Merced?
Rick writes in: “Going up for my second time and staying at house keeping for the first…. Is fishing in the merced allowed? are there fish? Just curious, friend wants to take gear and I dont want to lug it around for naught.” Actually fishing in the Merced is allowed and you’d think, for the…
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Dogwoods are out
I almost wrote about this a couple days ago but decided the dogwoods were still not really in nice bloom. Yesterday, though, it seemed explosive after Tuesday’s warm weather. I ran the Mirror Lake Loop this morning and the dogwoods are starting to come out pretty much everywhere (they’ve been slowly showing out there for…
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Photo of the Day: Bridalveil Falls Slow by BigFrank
There’s a bunch of people that thought this photo of Big Frank’s should have been deleted or much worse, never made, but I beg to differ. I really like the contrasts and tones of the shot. That’s why I chose it to be Photo of the Day. Very cool Frank. Nicely done. Photo by Big…
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An Interesting Caption
This photo was a contender for Photo of the Day when I chose Miguels photo but the caption on this one drew me back and I had to share it. a.everpoor: josh dion taking a basking in the sun rays of early morn. walking up the cables in pitch dark and watching some random cross…