Search results for: “El Cap”
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Tent Camping in Yosemite
Who doesn’t love waking up in the morning, unzipping their tent and look straight up at majestic El Capitan, the Yosemite High Country or a rushing river. We need some help writing this page. If you’d like to contribute please send an email to info@yosemiteblog.com. We could really use your help!
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Ribbon Fall: It’s Still There But Probably Not for Long
If you’re a denizen of Yosemite like I am then you’re probably pretty familiar with Ribbon Fall. Where is it? Well if you’re standing and looking at Bridalveil Fall on the Southside Drive simply turn around and it’ll be a little to the left of El Capitan. Ribbon Fall is a seasonal waterfall fed by…
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Photo of the Day: Valley Storm by Nathan Eaton Jr.
I promised all the people on Twitter that tonight’s Photo of the Day was beautiful and it is. Nathan Eaton Jr. took this beautiful shot from Valley View of storm clouds breaking behind Bridalveil and El Capitan. Awesome shot, Nathan. Thanks for adding it to the Yosemite Blog Flickr Group Pool. By the way, Nathan’s…
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Answering the Age-Old Question for Reader Primoz
Reader Primoz from Slovenia sent in an email: “First of all let me introduce my self. My name is Primoz and I’m from small country in central Europe called Slovenia. It’s a small but very beautiful country. I’m 29 years old. I am coming to US for the first time in june. I will be…
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A Little About Me and My Son
I don’t talk much about myself here. Some of you have seen my side projects or talked to me in person. A few have even read my profile. But in general, most haven’t. That’s why I wanted to stop and take a moment to talk a little about me and my son. My son Zachary…
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Photo of the Day: Valley View Storm by Carl Sax
Happy Monday everyone! Today’s Photo of the Day is another beautiful shot from Carl Sax, this time the Gates of the Valley. I really like the clouds floating around between Cathedral Rocks and El Cap. They give me the feeling that something is just going to pop out. You can see more of Carl’s work…
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Photo of the Day: Poppies and Peaks by Garry Hayes
From the man who taught me that a rock is more than something your brother throws at you and geologists take no schist come two awesome photos for Photo of the Day. The first is, of course, poppies. The second Garry took along Highway 49 around Bagby (between Coulterville and Mariposa) and shows the top…
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Photo of the Day: 2 Shots of Horsetail Fall by Chuck Cagara
After being disappointed during several outings over the past two weeks, we ventured forth again today after closely monitoring the weather and satellite reports. It looked like a reasonable expectation of moderately clear skies at the sunset time. While we did not enjoy the trickle of deep red that sometimes reveals itself after official sunset,…
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Don’t Miss Horsetail Fall
If you’re headed up to Yosemite to catch the Firefall (Horsetail Fall) then listen up. Northside Drive in Yosemite Valley, from Camp 4 to El Capitan Crossover, is closed for road work until May 2009. Southside Drive east of El Capitan Crossover is open to two-way traffic for access to eastern Yosemite Valley (including Yosemite…
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Photographing Yosemite’s Firefall
Michael Frye has been doing some research and has come up with the best days to catch the “firefall”. Michael Frye: “My friend and fellow photographer Keith Walklet, who lived in Yosemite Valley for 15 years, told me that he thought the best light was in mid-February, around Valentine’s day. He contended that this was…