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  • Highway 140 Closed Due to Fire (Updated)

    Highway 140 Closed Due to Fire (Updated)

    July 19, 2017

    Highway 140 west of Mariposa has been closed due to fire activity. Highway 49 from Coulterville to Mariposa remains closed.

  • Highway 49 Closed Due to Fire

    Highway 49 Closed Due to Fire

    July 18, 2017

    Highway 49 between Coulterville and Mariposa is closed due to fire.

  • How to get a parking spot in Yosemite Valley

    How to get a parking spot in Yosemite Valley

    July 18, 2017

    Here’s how to get a guaranteed parking spot in Yosemite Valley and leave the headache behind.

  • Summer time Can Only Mean…Crowds!

    Summer time Can Only Mean…Crowds!

    July 11, 2017

    If you’re headed up to the park expect long lines getting into Yosemite, traffic jams in Yosemite Valley and no parking. That’s every summer in Yosemite Valley. Want to avoid that mess? Here are some options which can help save your sanity.

  • Tioga Road Opening Tomorrow at 8:00am

    Tioga Road Opening Tomorrow at 8:00am

    June 28, 2017

    The Tioga Road and Tioga Pass are scheduled to open tomorrow June 29th at 8am.

  • High Water Poses Danger Even When You Think It’s Safe

    High Water Poses Danger Even When You Think It’s Safe

    June 27, 2017

    This years snow pack is well above normal and we’re really happy to have had so much rain and snow. But it also means that as temperatures heat up, and they’ve been really hot of late, that all that runoff from the melting snow has to go somewhere.

  • Rockfall Closes El Portal Road

    Rockfall Closes El Portal Road

    June 13, 2017

    A rockfall reported around Noon Monday has closed the El Portal Road and Arch Rock Entrance in Yosemite National Park.

  • We’re Sorry, Half Dome is closed until June 2nd

    We’re Sorry, Half Dome is closed until June 2nd

    May 25, 2017

    Have plans to climb Half Dome on Memorial Day weekend? Well you’re just going to have to wait a little bit longer.

  • Will Tioga Pass be ready by Memorial Day? Ehhhh….

    Will Tioga Pass be ready by Memorial Day? Ehhhh….

    May 9, 2017

    If you’re planning on taking Tioga Pass for Memorial Day you might want to plan a different route. From the looks of this video you might be waiting quite some time for the pass to open yet.

  • Man Missing in Yosemite

    Man Missing in Yosemite

    May 8, 2017

    Yosemite National Park officials are asking for the public’s help in locating Alexander Joseph Sevier, who has been missing for nearly a week.

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