Category: On the Trail
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Body of Missing Hiker Found
The body of Kenneth Stensby was found by searchers at the base of Vernal Fall Monday evening.
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Hiker Missing at Top of Vernal Fall
If you were in Yosemite National Park last weekend and hiked the Mist Trail you could help find a missing hiker.
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So You Think The New Permit System is Going to Solve the Problems on Half Dome
Whether you think the new permit system is too rigid or you think it’s the greatest idea since sliced bread, you need to watch the video as a hiker risks his own life for a cell phone battery he dropped.
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A Night Atop Yosemite Falls
I think video logs are a great way for people to learn about things through other people’s experiences. Check out this video log of Chris hiking to the top of Yosemite Falls in winter and spending the night.
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Sign Up for the Ostrander Ski Hut Lottery Now Open
Back country skiing is a great way to see a side of Yosemite few rarely see. It’s even better when you get to stay in a heated stone cabin for a night sharing stories with other skiers.
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Up and Down Half Dome (video)
Perhaps the most breathtaking part of climbing Half Dome via the cables isn’t the steep climb up, but the wonderful views you get climbing down.
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Hiker Rescued From Panorama Trail
On Monday, June 18, 2012, Yosemite National Park Search and Rescue responded to a report of a 63-year-old woman with a compound ankle fracture about a mile-and-a-half down the Panorama Trail near Glacier Point.
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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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Edie’s Image of the Day: Snow Plant
Snow Plant and Sweet Woodruff(Cross posted from The Little Red Tent) Snow plant; Sarcoides sanguinea is a parasitic plant that has no chlorophyl. It has no leaves, but gets its nutrients from decaying matter. It appears after the snows have melted. The brilliant green plants are sweet woodruff, (Galium odoratum) an import that was used as a…
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Yosemite Falls Trail Closing for Blasting
Yosemite Falls Trail will be closed on Wed, 4/18 for trail work including blasting. Blasting is commonly used where pry bars and hand tools are not enough to cut through the hard granite of Yosemite.