Search results for: “El Portal”
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El Portal Market Destroyed by Fire
Breaking News from the Mariposa Gazette: A blaze in El Portal Sunday night reduced the El Portal Market to ashes, just weeks before it was scheduled to reopen with a new operator. Deputy Superintendent Kevin Cann said early Monday morning, “this is devastating to the community.” Look for the complete story in this week’s Mariposa…
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New Construction Schedule for the El Portal Road Construction
Spring is coming quickly bringing with it warmer temperatures and melting snow. In an effort to get above the level of the Merced River before it reaches full spring flow the contractor working on the El Portal road at “the narrows” is moving to 3 shifts with construction continuing 24 hours a day. The new…
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El Portal Road Getting Emergency Repairs
A section of the El Portal Road into Yosemite Valley is finally getting the repairs it needs after it was nearly destroyed by flood 10 years ago. FresnoBee.com: “Massive digging equipment rumbles back and forth in the snow on the 11-foot-wide road, snaking through a steep canyon where the wind whistles and the sun doesn’t…
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Public Scoping for El Portal Road Reconstruction Begins
Public scoping is now open on repairs the National Park Service hopes to make to the much degregated El Portal Road. NPS: “Yosemite National Park is announcing public scoping in preparation of the El Portal Road Reconstruction – Pohono Bridge to the Big Oak Flat Road Intersection Project. This project will be accompanied by an…
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Mud Slide Temporarily Shuts Down El Portal Entrance
ABC30.com: Mud Slide Shuts Down Highway 140 “In the Mariposa County mountains, a mud and rock slide blocked access to Yosemite National Park. Both lanes of Highway 140 are shut down about 2 1/2 miles west of Cedar Lodge. That’s between Mariposa and El Portal.”
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Hotels Outside Yosemite
The communities surrounding the park offer a great alternative to staying inside the park. There’s something for everyone from haunted hotels to small bed and breakfasts. Mariposa Yosemite Bug Check out this in depth article by Ashley Richards about staying at the Yosemite Bug Resort. North Groveland Hotel Charlotte Big Oak Flat and Highway 120…
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Dog Rock Fire Cause Released – Fire 25% Contained
FIre investigators have pinpointed the cause of the Dog Rock Fire…a vehicle.
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Hypothermic Climber Rescued from El Captian
Yosemite National Park Rangers and Search and Rescue Personnel were called in to assist a climber on El Capitan Monday after he was forced to spend the night on El Capitan in a snow storm.
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UPDATE: NPS release on the road closure
Due to a large rockfall that occurred at approximately 11:30 last evening, the Big Oak Flat Road (the continuation of Highway 120) is closed in Yosemite National Park. The road is closed between the Foresta Junction on Highway 120 (Big Oak Flat Rd.) and the Highway 120/140 (El Portal Road) Junction. Yosemite Valley remains accessible…
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Edie Live Twitters a Rescue on El Cap
Sometimes you’re just in the right spot at the right time and we’re glad this story had a happy ending.