Author: lbschutte
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Badger Pass Closed due to high winds
Badger Pass just made the call to close today due to high winds. It’s always a tough decision, but safety has to come first. I wish I had a pic for you guys, maybe video would be better, but I’m stuck down in the Valley in the rain. It’s going to be great skiing up…
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Send Us Your News and Photos
If you live, work or are in the park and have breaking news or would like to send us condition updates please call our tip line at (209) 846-2112. The call is free from inside the park. If you have access to email or you can send photos from your cell phone you can email…
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Don’t Go!
If you’re headed up to Yosemite this weekend or next, DON’T. That’s right. I said don’t go. The current weather forecast is for heavy rain, wind and snow for at least the next week. This storm is expected to carry on through next Friday January 11th so grab a good book, your favorite movie and…
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year from all of us here at Yosemite Blog. May it be prosperous and full of joy for you and your family. There are lots of great things in the works for 2008 here at Yosemite Blog so stay tuned.
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Good things happen on Half Dome
Back in June, I brought my Sony video camera on the Half Dome hike. I got about an hour of good footage. The highlight was the chance capture of a marriage proposal of hikers Kevin to Ryanna while on the visor. I filmed the 3-minute encounter and later met them and gave them a copy…
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And the Winner of this Year’s MacArthur Genius Award…
Theresa and I set out on Glacier Point Road for a pre-work skate ski this morning only to find a traffic jam in the middle of the cross-country ski trail! Which winner of the MacArthur Genius Award had driven his or her car out onto the ski trail, we wondered, stranding not only himself, but…
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us here at Yosemite Blog. Have a wonderful and safe holiday. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne via Flickr.
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Got a Great Photo? Win a Night in Yosemite
Grab your cameras and your photo collections shutterbugs Tom over at YosemiteExplorer.com has something really cool going on, a photography contest. YosemiteExplorer.com:This New year, resolve to win the Yosemite Explorer New Year’s Photography Contest! Round up your best two Yosemite pictures and send ’em in. You could win a night at Tenaya Lodge (something like…
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Albert Tenaya
Does the above name ring a bell? This middle aged man lives in Santa Rosa, CA (north of SF) and says he is the great-great grandson of the real deal – “Old Chief Tenaya”. Yes, the same one we know and love. Albert plays a mean flute and I can refer you to his website…
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Photo of the Day: Snow on Half Dome
Today’s Photo of the Day is a really beautiful shot of Half Dome I happened to come across on the Yosemite Association webcam. This shot gives you a pretty good idea of the snow that’s been falling. More snow and rain are expected over the next few days so if you’re headed into the park…