Yosemite Blog

Category: News

  • News From Yosemite Valley

    Well it’s been a quiet week in Yosemite Valley. Curry Village housekeeping is once again on reduced hours, not being open to the public during the week, only on weekends. During the week we have the young people of Yosemite Institute; Nothing like a bunch of grade school kids to remind you of what it’s…

  • Atmosphere

    I went to the new Richard Lohmann “Atmosphere” exhibit today. His photos are beautiful, subtle, and quiet. Lohmann describes his work as metaphor: “For me the use of metaphor is magical because it permits constant reanalysis and defies simplicity. Look at an image once and you may see one thing; look again and you will…

  • Team Works To Record Oral History of Yosemite

    Paul Rogers and his team are undertaking a very ambitious project, recording Yosemite’s oral history. UnionDemocrat: “‘The park has never really had a formal oral history,’ Rogers said. ‘We’re looking for personal voices among a cross-section of people.’ Rogers said his team plans to interview former and current National Park Service and concession employees, longtime…

  • Venues needed for Denny exhibit

    This is the last week to see “Yosemite in the Sixties: Climbing life through the lens of Glen Denny”, at the museum (near the Visitor’s Center). There are some amazing photos at this exhibit. Check out these two at the Yosemite Climbing Association. The YCA wants to “… have the Denny exhibit travel. Anyone that…

  • Ostrander Ski Hut

    There are still spaces available at the Ostrander Ski Hut this winter. The hut is near Ostrander Lake, elevation 8,500 ft – a 10 mile ski from the end of the (plowed) road at Badger Pass. Ostrander Website Photo by R. Drake, March 20, 2007

  • Sierra Club Calls Highway 140 Fix ‘Ridiculous’

    Merced Sun Star: Fearing danger to motorists and damage to a scenic river canyon, some environmentalists say the state is moving too quickly to rebuild the western route into Yosemite National Park. That’s a new twist in the story of a massive [rockslide] that shut down Highway 140 for months in 2006 and slowed hundreds…

  • 2008 Yosemite Sierra Visitors Guide Released

    There are lots of great resources for information on the Yosemite area but one of the best I’ve found is the Yosemite Sierra Visitors Guide. If you want one you’re in luck, the 2008 edition was just released and it’s awesome. Sierra Star: “The 2008 Yosemite Sierra Visitors Guide for the Mountain Area, produced by…

  • Park History Project

    Yosemite National Park Announces Launch of Oral History Project Participants sought for recorded sessions to document Yosemite area history currently titled “I Remember Yosemite…” Yosemite National Park has launched a multi-year oral history project to capture the stories of people who have helped shape, and whose lives have been shaped by, one of the nation’s…

  • Yosemite Association Art Contest

    The Yosemite Association invites you to submit a piece celebrating 25 years of free art classes in the park. The winning design (any media reducible to 2 dimensions) will be used on a tote bag, and honorable mentions will be displayed in the Art Center. For more info, write to yosemiteartcenter@sbcglobal.net or call (209)372-1442. Entries…

  • Salmon Not Returning to Mountain Rivers Could Mean Trouble

    State officials are worried about salmon populations in foothill rivers after recent counts showed a mere fraction are returning to spawn in their ancestral spawning grounds. KNTV: “The environmental consulting firm FishBio says just 1,158 adult salmon came back to spawn last year, compared with 5,672 fish in 2006. Since 2000, salmon counts on the…