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  • Highway 120 Closed Until Easter for Repair

    February 29, 2012

    Planning on taking Highway 120 between now and Easter? Think again. We’ve got alternate routes and the information you need to know.

  • Yosemite HD by ProjectYose (video)

    Yosemite HD by ProjectYose (video)

    January 26, 2012

    Stuck in the office? Can’t make it up to Yosemite until June? Take a look at this great time lapse video from Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty. It’s almost as good as being there.

  • Images of the Big Oak Flat Rockfall

    January 23, 2012

    Here’s an image published by the NPS on Facebook of the rock slide on the Big Oak Flat Road. It’s pretty evident the road will be closed for some time. Do you have photos of the rockfall? Please feel free to send them in and we’ll share them. You can email them to info@yosemiteblog.com

  • UPDATE: NPS release on the road closure

    January 23, 2012

    Due to a large rockfall that occurred at approximately 11:30 last evening, the Big Oak Flat Road (the continuation of Highway 120) is closed in Yosemite National Park. The road is closed between the Foresta Junction on Highway 120 (Big Oak Flat Rd.) and the Highway 120/140 (El Portal Road) Junction. Yosemite Valley remains accessible…

  • Update: Big Oak Flat Road Closure

    January 23, 2012

    Here’s some more information on the Big Oak Flat Road closure. Yosemite National Park Spokesperson Scott Gediman says a boulder, “the size of a house,” fell into the road and brought with it tree branches and several smaller rocks. Gediman says the best case scenario is that the debris will be removed over the coming…

  • Breaking News: Big Oak Flat Road (Highway 120) Closed

    January 23, 2012

    Highway 120 the Big Oak Flat road into Yosemite Valley is closed until further notice due to a rockslide. We’ll post more details as information comes in. At this time visitors to the Valley must use Highway 140 and 41 from Oakhurst and Mariposa.

  • Starting to Feel a Lot Like Winter…FINALLY!

    Starting to Feel a Lot Like Winter…FINALLY!

    January 23, 2012

    In case you’ve been stuck in Costco getting supplies for your NFL playoff parties you’ve missed the snow! This weekend’s storm has been bringing plenty of rain and snow to make up for the last few months of dry weather.

  • Weekend Storms Cause One Fatality

    January 23, 2012

    Twenty seven year-old Ryan Hiller was killed Saturday by a branch from a nearby tree that fell on his tent cabin.

  • Glacier Point Road Closed in Hopes of Snow

    January 19, 2012

    In preparation for the large amounts of snow that will hopefully move into the area and start falling soon, the Glacier Point Road has also been closed.

  • Tioga Road Closed

    January 17, 2012

    With snow in the forecast it’s finally time to close the Tioga Road.

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