Yosemite Blog

  • Demolishing Hetch Hetchy Could Save California’s Salmon Population – or Not

    The Tuolumne River below Hetch Hetchy Dam. Photo by Jared Kelly. There’s a very interesting piece by columnist Bill McEwen in the Fresno Bee about the decline in salmon coming up California’s rivers and salmon might be the dams undoing. The Tuolumne, a tributary of the San Joaquin, is “the keystone” to bringing back California’s…

  • Missing Hiker Found!

    Ben Wong, who we asked for help in finding in the previous post, has been found alive and well thanks to a hikers tip. Thank you to everyone who helped out and called in.

  • Missing Hiker in Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Creek, May Lake, Sunrise Lakes and Cathedral Lakes Area

    Ben Wong started his hike on August 18th and intended to hike from the Yosemite Falls trailhead to Yosemite Creek, then on to May Lake, Sunrise Lake and complete his hike at the Cathedral Lakes trailhead in Tuolumne Meadows on August 21st, Friday. If you’ve hiked in the Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Creek, May Lake, Sunrise…

  • World’s First Photo Wasn’t of Yosemite *GASP!*

    Worlds first photograph by French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Photo courtesy National Geographic. In 1826, French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, the worlds first photograph. Titled View from the Window at Le Gras the photo was shot at his family’s country home of a courtyard and outbuildings seen from the house’s upstairs window—by exposing a bitumen-coated…

  • 20 18 Bears Killed by Speeding Cars So Far and the Busiest Tourist Weekend of the Summer is Right Around the Corner

    Speeding cars barrel past a sign warning them to slow down in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Kai Schreiber. I just answered an email from reader Carrie who said, “A Yosemite park ranger told me yesterday that the park has lost 15 bears already this year due to careless drivers. Is this true?” (Authors note:…

  • The First Car in Yosemite

    Oliver Lippincott became first motorist in Yosemite National Park, in his Locomobile steamer. Photo courtesy http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/. Although today is listed as the first official day cars were allowed into Yosemite, here’s proof they’d been there for quite some time already. Automobiles were legally allowed to enter Yosemite National Park, California, for the first time on…

  • Rainy Day in Yosemite

    Rare August rain in Yosemite. Captured from the live webcam in Ahwahnee Meadow. I really do think we’re going to see an early Autumn this year in the park. Already the nights have been cool enough some trees are starting to show yellowing.

  • Blasting Away in Yosemite

    Water released from O’Shaughnessy Dam at Hetch Hetchy Valley the northern side of the Tuolumne River Canyon. Photo by Thomas Kriese. You ever wondered why this hasn’t just blown away that whole side of the canyon? I mean, this looks like it’s got some pretty good pressure to be blasting across the canyon. Maybe it…

  • Come Listen to Some Music this Labor Day at the Strawberry Music Festival

    Performers on the main stage at the Strawberry Music Festival in Camp Mather. Photo by Jordan Klein. If you haven’t got your tickets yet to the Strawberry Music Festival taking place in Camp Mather Labor Day weekend you’ve still got time. “The Strawberry Music Festival offers an opportunity for the whole family to participate in…

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-22

    Thanks for all the #ff recommendations and all the retweets. # http://twitpic.com/euuyn – Sunset at Half Dome from Yosemite's Glacier Point Friday night. (via @f_go) # It's raining. #