Search results for: “El Cap”
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News from Yosemite Valley
Well, it’s been a quiet week in Yosemite Valley. Winter has finally arrived with a paltry hostess gift of a dusting of snow. The mood in the valley prior to winter’s arrival has been one of anticipation, a collective holding of breaths. Will we get enough snow to open Badger Pass on time? There’s a…
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Yosemite Ornament Graces White House Christmas Tree
A Christmas ornament featuring Yosemite National Park is gracing the White House Christmas tree as part of a celebration of the National Parks. NPS: “‘It is an amazing honor for the National Park Service to be selected as the theme for the White House holiday decorations by the President and Mrs. Bush,’ said National Park…
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Crash Survivor Returns After 25 Years
Twenty five years ago Donnie Priest, his mother and step father’s plane crashed into White Mountain just north of Tioga Pass in one of the deadliest winter storms to hit California. Now Priest, who lost both his legs due to frostbite, has returned to White Mountain to visit the place where he nearly lost his…
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Thanksgiving day road trip.
Well, it’s been a quiet week in Yosemite Valley. Frost has arrived, turning the cow parsnip flower bracts sublime. I met up with a coworker at breakfast by chance. What are you doing for Thanksgiving, I asked. “Just hanging out.” Would you like to head over Tioga Pass? I want to get over to Mono…
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Trail Running with Nemo
Summer wanes. Days are short and still getting shorter and weather is less stable. The fall colors are all but gone, but on the plus side the summer crowds are all but gone as well. I came to Yosemite for the rock climbing, but lately, it’s the hiking and especially trail running that appeals to…
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome at Sunset by Jon Higgins
Today’s Photo of the Day is a really cool black and white of Half Dome’s majestic face catching the last rays of sunlight. Jon did an excellent job capturing Half Dome but he’s got some other really awesome shots on his Flickr stream you’re not going to want to miss. My favorite is actually this…
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Visitors May Soon Be Without a Place to Stay
During the summer months getting a campsite or hotel reservation within Yosemite can be a nightmare and often visitors turn to campground in the Stanislaus, Inyo and Sierra National Forests as a place to stay when they can’t find room anywhere else. Things are changing for those who’ve found places they like in the Stanislaus…
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Dan’s Cool Photos
Wow! Check out some of Dan Mitchell’s newest photos over on his site. VERY nice. I think I like this one, this one, and this one the best.
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It’s Different in the Winter
Yosemite is a different place in the winter, one that the millions of visitors who only come during the busy season (June, July, August) never see. It’s a little more quiet, there’s a little more solitude and life takes on a slower pace as the surrounding mountains lie under a deep blanket of snow. Don’t…
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Name That Thing
Quite a few people know Jeremy Zawodny for his blog that provides an insightful look behind the doors of one of the internets oldest search engines, Yahoo! (as well as his exploits at the controls of a glier). To make a long story short, Jeremy has posted a bunch of photo from his recent trip…