Author: lbschutte
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New Art and Theater Programs Fun for All Ages
If you’re planning your vacation and you’re looking for something for the family and kids to do how about checking out some of the new art and theater programs being offered by the Yosemite Conservancy?
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Photo of the Day: Spring Storm Clearing by Andrys Basten
Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from Andrys Basten who caught this beautiful shot of a clearing storm around Bridalveil Fall. Great shot, Andrys. Thanks for sharing! You can check out more of Andrys great photos by visiting her Flickr photo stream and her website. Photo by Andrys Basten via Flickr
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Two Campgrounds Opening Today
Crane Flat Campground will open for the season today, Friday, June 1, 2012. Sites will are available for sale via www.recreation.gov or (877) 444-6777. Sites may also be reserved at any Yosemite campground office. Yosemite Creek Campground will also open for the season on Friday, June 1, 2012.
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Our Heartfelt Sympathies
Our deepest sympathies go out to the young man’s family and friends who took his own life at Glacier Point last night. It saddens me deeply when a young person with their whole life ahead of them decides their problems are so bad they can’t go on.
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Expect Weird Weather for Memorial Day
If you’re heading up to the park this weekend bring some warm clothes and a rain jacket. It’s going to be cold and could get wet as cool air mass passes through Central California bringing unseasonably cool temperatures and a chance of thunderstorms with rain, hail, lightning and, as usual in the Sierra, maybe even…
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Half Dome Cables Up This Friday. Got your permit?
The cables will be in place for visitors wishing to climb Half Dome via the shoulder route starting this Friday, May 25th 2012. Permits are required to hike to the top of Half Dome for all visitors. Visitors are required to have a permit to ascend the Half Dome cables seven days per week. The…
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Missing Hiker Found
John Paul Chaufan Field, the hiker missing in the Kibbie Lake area of Yosemite National Park, has been found safe and is reported to be in good condition. Chaufan Field was spotted by the park’s contract helicopter at approximately 3:15 p.m. yesterday afternoon near Edith Lake, approximately five miles east of Kibbie Lake, the point…
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Help Find a Missing Hiker
If you were in the Kibbie Lake area you can help find a missing hiker who is overdue. Yosemite National Park is searching for John Paul Chaufan Field, 22 years old, a college student who is attending the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC). Chaufan Field was last seen near Kibbie Lake in the…
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Billy Idol in Yosemite
This is soo cool! One of my favorite musicians from the 1980’s, Billy Idol was in Yosemite.
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Photo of the Day: Annular Solar Eclipse over Tuolumne Meadows by Kristal Leonard
Check out this really cool composite image of yesterdays eclipse by Kristal Leonard.