Search results for: “Half Dome”
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Glacier Point Road Reopens Tomorrow
The recent warm weather has brought about a rare occurence, the Glacier Point Road will be reopening. Starting tomorrow November 21, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. the road will reopen to all traffic. The snackbar and gift shop will remain closed but the vault toilets will be useable. Grab your camera. The views this time of…
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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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Get Interactive With the 17 Gigapixel View of Yosemite
Ok so I’m going to assume everyone’s seen the 17 gigapixel image from Glacier Point but did you see the interactive one where you can zoom in and out, scroll around, check out the hot babe in the bikini at Vernal Fall or the guys on the motorcycle by Curry Village? If not, have a…
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Photo of the Day: Yosemite Black and White by John Eaton
Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful black and white of the Merced River with Half Dome in the background by John Eaton. Great shot, John. Photo by John Eaton via Flickr.
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Sometimes Help Still Can’t Get to You Right Away
Sometimes, even when you do everything right, help still can’t get to you. A Hillsborough man was found dead this weekend in the Emigrant Wilderness that borders Yosemite after authorities reported receiving the signal from a personal locator beacon. The Modesto Bee: “Rescue teams found the body of 42-year-old Christopher Andrews near Iceland Lake on…
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Some Good Spots to Shoot in Yosemite
Richard took the time to send in an email and asks: Would you be so kind as to refer me to a web site that might list 10 (or some manageable number) great sites for shooting photos in Yosemite, easily accessible from the valley floor? I have been there before, and I am not a…
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6 Ways to Make Your Next Trip to Yosemite Better
I meet a lot of people who are vacationing in Yosemite for their first time and I’m always amazed by the level of disappointment they feel with their vacation. With that in mind I came up with 6 things that’ll help make your Yosemite vacation better. 1. Visit in the off season. 9 out of…
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A Cool Book For the Trail Rats in the Crowd
I read a lot of books on Yosemite and from time to time I check the Amazon stats to see what books everyone has been buying. So I was checking the stats this morning and I noticed a lot of people had shown interest in Top Trails Yosemite: Must Do Hikes for Everyone. I haven’t…
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Invitation – Book Signing at Yosemite
My book, “One Best Hike: Yosemite’s Half Dome” is now being carried in the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center Bookstore and YA website. We’ll be having a book signing this Saturday, July 19, from 2-4 pm at the Visitor Center. Please stop by and say hi. — Rick Deutsch -Mr. Half Dome http://www.HikeHalfDome.com
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Interview with Kelly Perkins
Authors Note: You may remember about a week ago we posted an article about the unstoppable Kelly Perkins who, with the help of husband Craig and Scott Stowe of the Yosemite Mountaineering School climbed the face of Half Dome. This was quite an inspirational feat as Kelly was the recipient of a heart transplant in…