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Bring Your Junior Rangers To Yosemite and Have Some Fun April 25th
April 25th is the third annual National Junior Ranger Day. Join NPS and DNC employees for a day full of scheduled and drop-in activities. Join a junior ranger walk and restoration project at 10am and 2pm (ages 7-13), as well Wee Wild Ones for younger participants. From 12-4pm drop in to the Exploration Fair and…
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Yosemite Emails Confuse Thousands
If you received a received a confusing email from DNC Parks & Resorts, you weren’t alone. About 3,300 people received an e-mail from a Yosemite National Park vendor this week telling them their summer lodging reservations were in danger because of an October landslide. The e-mail, though, was meant to go out only to about…
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Badger Pass Opening Saturday, December 20
That’s it. The headline pretty much says it. I know I’ll be heading up to this ski area for opening weekend! The snow is amazing -I spoke with the Director of Guest Recreation who took a few “test turns” today, and he was really impressed with how nice the skiing was – firm but soft…
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Curry Village Ice Rink Open for Business
Grab your skates and head on up to Yosemite, the Curry Village Ice Rink is now open to skaters of all ages. Celebrating its 80th year of operation, the Curry Village ice rink was first established in 1928 when the Yosemite Winter Club flooded an unused parking lot. Now a permanent fixture, the rink is…
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Exciting Badger Pass Improvements
This, finally, is the story that I’ve been dying to share with you for several weeks now. It was broken by Marek Warszowski at the Fresno Bee. It’s been very exciting to hear about the new improvements – the refurbishment of the ski lift (almost everything is new except the towers – including more comfortable…
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Yosemite Valley Lodge
Yosemite Valley Lodge (Yosemite Lodge) About: Located in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Valley Lodge (formerly Yosemite Lodge) offers private rooms with extraordinary views of all the major sights in Yosemite including: Sentinel Rock, Half Dome, Yosemite Fall and El Capitan. Yosemite Valley Lodge is located directly across Northside Drive from Yosemite Falls and offers 226 lodge…
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The Majestic Yosemite Hotel
The Majestic Yosemite Hotel (The Ahwahnee) About: Located in Yosemite Valley The Majestic Yosemite Hotel (formerly known as The Ahwahnee) expresses timeless elegance and opulence while blending into the granite and trees of Yosemite Valley. The Majestic Yosemite Hotel features 123 handsomely appointed guest rooms, which includes 99 hotel rooms, parlors and suites and 24…
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New Yosemite stamp
Big doings at the park this Thursdy. If you happen to be there, go by the Post Office. It’s next to the Ansel Adam Gallery (near the Visitor Center). A new 42-cent First Class stamp will be rolled out at 10:30 am. If you have a letter to mom, you can get a first-day cancellation.…
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Tram Catches Fire in Yosemite National Park
Ok here’s finally an article that talks about the burning tram that was featured as Photo of the Day the other day by David Wuertele. MercedSunStar.com: “Yosemite National Park officials continue to investigate an incident where the truck hauling a tram carrying tourists caught fire and burned up on Highway 41 near the Tunnel View…
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Remembering An Icon
The El Portal market was one of those markets you expected to see two guys on the porch playing checkers. It was a hold out of an earlier time when life was good and simple. My wife and I stopped there many times for refreshments on our way out of the park that’s why when…