Yosemite Blog

Category: video

  • 1940s Yosemite Video (complete with cheesy theatrics)

    Here’s an interesting video of Yosemite in the 1940s. It starts off in winter and ends in summer. I don’t think the guy leading the bear cub around like it was a trained animal realized it could still maul the crap out of him if it really wanted to. There’s also a scene in which…

  • Ridin’ the Bus in Yosemite (video)

    If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to take one of the bus tours around Yosemite here’s your answer. This video shows one of the big buses but there are also smaller shuttle buses which seat up to 25 or so and deliver passengers to Glacier Point and other destinations where a big bus would…

  • Video: A Visit to the Ahwahnee with Doug McConnell

    I’ve always been a big fan of PBS and the local travel shows we get here in California. That’s why I really like the videos Doug McConnell and the fine folks over at OpenRoad.tv produce .Here’s an awesome video you’re going to have to check out by Doug McConnell, The Ahwahnee Hotel. I didn’t know…

  • Video – Yosemite by BCGood

    Yosemite from bcgood on Vimeo. Here’s another really awesome video from BCGood on Vimeo. The embedded video I have here is good but head over to Vimeo and watch the larger size video there. It’s really worth it.

  • Video – People in Yosemite: A TimeLapse Study by Steven M. Bumgardner

    People in Yosemite: A TimeLapse Study from Steven M. Bumgardner. Watch the big, HD version on Vimeo. It’s better. @YosemiteSteve (aka Steven M. Bumgardner) who makes the great Yosemite Nature Notes videos sent me this great time lapse video he shot back in 2005 showing people in Yosemite. Steven said, “I spent about a week…

  • Yosemite Nature Notes 7: Tuolumne River

    Yosemite Nature Notes 7 is up and you have to check it out. It’s a great journey down the Tuolumne River from the headwaters at Lyle Glacier to Hetch Hetchy. Check it out.

  • Yosemite Nature Notes: Yosemite Falls (video)

    Check out the new Yosemite Nature Notes with rangers Shelton Johnson, Tom Burgess, Jim Roche the park hydrologist and Greg Stock the park geologist talking about waterfalls. Beautiful.

  • Don’t Drink and Climb (video)

    When someone is too drunk to drive you take away their car keys. What about when someone is too drunk to climb? Do you take away their ropes? Let’s ask this guy who decided getting messed up then trying to climb El Cap was a good idea.

  • More Fly Fishing in Yosemite (video)

    Here’s another great video from September of some great fly fishing in the South Fork of the Merced River. Fall is a great time to go fishing in Yosemite but don’t forget to get your California Fishing License. There’s more information on what you need and where to go around Yosemite to fish on our…

  • Fly Fishing in Yosemite (video)

    Most people don’t know that Yosemite holds some pretty big trout in the rivers and streams. Here’s a great video of a really beautiful fish that was caught in the Merced. Just remember, there’s no keeping the trout in Yosemite so you catch it, you have to let it go.