Yosemite Blog

  • Want to Read My First Summer in the Sierra? Here You Go

    If you read the last post and realized you’ve never read John Muir’s book, My First Summer in the Sierra well here you go. The book is in public domain and available FREE from Google Books. Don’t bend the cover will ya’. It’s old. If you want a dead tree version rather than a digital…

  • John Muir Rolling Over In His Grave – Getting Own Highway Through Sierra

    In a move that must have wilderness champion John Muir “rolling over in his grave”, the Mariposa and Tuolumne County Boards of Supervisors have agreed to honor John Muir by designating Highway 132 from Highway 49 in Coulterville to Highway 120 as the John Muir Highway. A formal dedication ceremony will be held on Saturday,…

  • Yosemite Nature Notes: Frazil Ice (video)

    Wow! You’ve got to watch the latest Yosemite Nature Notes on Frazil Ice and the Snow Cone at Yosemite Falls. Beautiful! Thanks, @YosemiteSteve!

  • This is Yosemite? Seriously?

    We’ve all seen those really bad Photoshopped photos where the shark is eating the man or Lindsay Lohan is missing a leg. In my opinion they hold no candle to this wonderfully Photoshopped image of the waterfalls in Yosemite that was part of a press release by the Oakhurst Chamber of Commerce trying to attract…

  • Slow for the Cones – Road Construction Returns in May

    It seems like recently all you hear about in Yosemite is “road construction here” and “construction delay there”. Well you’re about to hear it again as road construction is set to begin on the Wawona Road in May. The project will encompass the entire 24.4 miles of the Wawona Road starting from the South Entrance…

  • Get John Muir’s ‘The Yosemite’ FREE for the iPad

    If you couldn’t wait yesterday and ran out to get an iPad first thing when they went on sale then i have a special treat for you. You can get The Yosemite by John Muir or The Indians of Yosemite by Galen Clark free from iBooks. Simply download the iBooks app then go to the…

  • Photo of the Day: Ice by Christina Spicuzza

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a really awesome shot by Christina Spicuzza. This is really, really cool. I love the richness of the colors in this one. Great shot, Christina. Photo by Christina Spicuzza.

  • Mariposa Grove Road Opening for Season – No Word on Glacier Point or Tioga Pass

    The Mariposa Grove Road in Yosemite National Park will open for the season Friday the 26th of March 26, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. The Mariposa Grove Road provides visitor access to the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, the largest grove of Giant Sequoia in Yosemite National Park. Visitors are urged to drive with caution as…

  • Man THAT’S big!

    When you think of Yosemite and fishing most people think of high mountain lakes, streams that wander through meadows and elusive trout. Not many people realize that many of the reservoirs around Yosemite hold not only trout, but huge catfish and trophy bass. Take for instance this monster landed by 20-year-old Kyle Gentry of Oakdale…

  • The Missing River Returns

    For decades the San Joaquin River disappeared from maps between Friant Dam and the confluence with the Merced River, now thanks to a partnership between state water officials, farmers and environmental groups the river has returned and with it hopes for a long extinct salmon population to return. It has been decades since the river…