Search results for: “Backcountry”
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Missing Skier Found
The body of a skier missing for 2 weeks has been found.
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Only One More Day for the Ostrander Ski Hut Lottery, Better Hurry!
Registration for the Ostrander Ski Hut Lottery is almost over. Did you get your application in?
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Better hurry. There’s not much time left now to sign up for the Ostrander Ski Hut lottery
Now’s your chance to register for the Ostrander Ski Hut lottery. If you don’t participate in the lottery there’s no guarantee you’ll get to stay at the hut.
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An End to a Journey
Missing for 7 years the family of Fred Claassen can finally have peace.
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Video: Cloudscapes of Yosemite by Sathish Jothikumar
This will make you wish you weren’t sitting at work right now.
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Winters of My Life (video) by Jonathan Burhop
For over 35 years Howard Weamer has spent his winters doing something most of us would only dream about, he tends the ski hut at Ostrander Lake in Yosemite’s backcountry.
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Tutorial: Share your next hike with Google Maps and your iPhone
Share your hike on Google Maps with your iPhone and MotionX GPS. Read more.
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Tioga Pass Opening Saturday
A week later than the normal Memorial Day opening, Tioga Pass (Highway 120) is scheduled to open at 8am Saturday June 5th. With several feet of snow still in the high country no services or camp grounds will be available. Backcountry users are urged to use caution due to winter weather conditions that remain in…
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Yosemite Receives $5.8 million Check
What would you do with $5.8 million? That’s the question Yosemite National Park officials are asking themselves after the nonprofit Yosemite Fund presented them with a check for that amount Saturday. $5.8 million can do a lot. Already this year the Yosemite Fund paid for the rehabilitation of the Half Dome Overlook improving pedestrian and…
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Weather System Could Bring Winds as High as 120mph and Several Feet of Snow to Sierra
As we get more and more information about the incoming weather system it definitely looks like a nasty one. Here’s the latest from the National Weather Service. They’re expecting several feet of snow at the higher elevations and winds at ridge line in up to 120mph. Definitely don’t want to be in a motorhome or…