Yosemite Blog

Category: News

  • What’s the Real Story Here?

    So yesterday I got 2 emails and 3 twitters about evacutaions in El Portal. Being the responsible, not yelling fire in a crowded theater person I am, I naturally called the National Park Service fire information line. I mean, hey, it was their bar b que. I was told by the person staffing the line…

  • Smashed!

    YosemiteTrekker has a great write up and some great photos from yesterdays geologic event behind the Ahwahnee. Ok they got really cool photos of smashed stuff from the rock slide! Check it out: Yosemite Trekker.

  • Exclusive! Ahwahnee Rock Slide Photos by Maggie Rentz

    Here are 5 photos sent in from Maggie Rentz who happened to be at the Ahwahnee at the time of the rock slide yesterday afternoon. Click on the images for larger versions. Wow! Maggie says, “My boyfriend and I were visiting Yosemite for the first time, and on our way out decided to ride through…

  • Got Photo or Video of the Ahwahnee Slide or Big Oak Flat Road Fire?

    If you’ve got photos or video of the Big Oak Flat Road fire or the Ahwahnee Rockslide and you’d like to share them you can email me the photos or video or a link if you have them hosted online. Be sure to send your Web site’s URL so I can properly attribute them to…

  • Royal Arches Rockfall Photos

    Edie from LittleRedTent.net sent me these photos she took of the Royal Arches rock fall this afternoon. The above photo shows the breakaway site on the cliff. Below a Yosemite Search and Rescue team member answers visitor questions about the incident. Below employees of the Delaware North Company await information and directions at the Curry…

  • Ahwahnee Closed Through Friday at Noon

    A sizable rock slide released from the Royal Arches closes the Ahwahnee while officials monitor the slide area. Photo courtesy Yosemiter.com. Ok the irony that i posted a shot of the 1996 Happy Isles rock slide this morning for the Morning Shot then today a rock slide occurred behind the Ahwahnee Hotel is just freaky.…

  • BUSTED! I’m Not Even Going To Talk About It

    Devastation created by a pot farm in a forest. Photo by robmcbell. The last time I posted anything about a pot bust in Yosemite I got about 15 emails. It seems lots of people love their pot and they don’t mind the damage it does to the National Parks. They wouldn’t care about the 400…

  • Strange Odor Sickens Wawona Hotel Employees

    The historic Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Chris Martino. A strange odor caused the main building of the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park to close at noon today after 10 employees became ill. A hazmat team from Merced, Mariposa County health workers and National Park Service paramedics responded treating hotel employees…

  • What If There Were No Bears In Yosemite?

    A mother black bear (sow) and her cubs in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Steve Ryan. We don’t think much about our bears until they’re breaking into your car or stealing food off your picnic table. But what if there were no bears left in Yosemite? What if this wondrous part of Yosemite, the icon…

  • Is There A Judge in the House?

    Photo courtesy New York Times. Many visitors to Yosemite don’t know about the tiny federal courthouse nestled in the back of Yosemite Village. To them it’s just another park service building but to those who are cited for speeding or drunk in public or any of a slew of offenses it’s the place where justice…