Yosemite Blog

Search results for: “In the national parks”

  • Spooky Yosemite

    Next time you’re hiking up to the base of Bridalveil Falls beware if you see a young girl picking flowers. What you see may just be a ghost! The legend of Po-ho-no is just one of the many stories told in a new book highlighting the supernatural side of Yosemite and the other national parks.…

  • Give Wildlife a Chance, Slow Down When Driving in the Park

    Seattlepi: Sunlight streams through a dense canopy, casting a shimmering glow on a stream that dips under a well-traveled park road. “I call this the kill zone,” said Moose Mutlow, a contractor with the Yosemite Institute. “Animals crossing here just don’t stand a chance.” Mutlow has studied the park’s roadkill and found that hundreds of…

  • Celebrate Earth Day in Yosemite

    If you’re headed up to the park for earth Day there’s lots of cool thing for you to check out and do and you might even get into the park for free. Yosemite National Park will celebrate Earth Day with a variety of stewardship and educational activities intended to improve the visitor’s understanding of the…

  • Sound Advice For Travelers

    I found a very interesting article and some good advice for travelers (especially with the inclement weather we’ve been having recently) over at USA Today where a person asks about getting a refund on their hotel stay after they were blocked from entering the park due to last years flooding. Here’s an exerpt: USA Today:…

  • Upper Pines Sold Out for Thanksgiving

    The NPS is reporting that Upper Pines campground is sold out Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving weekend and almost sold out for Saturday. Looks like it’s going to be a busy Thanksgiving. Visitors are being asked to try Wawona, Hodgdon Meadow, or Camp 4. Technorati Tags: camping, national parks, yosemite

  • Giant Sequoias Make a Lasting Impression

    Columbia Daily Tribune: “The largest remaining stand of sequoias in the world is found in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park in California, which I visited in September. It is so impressive that people have felt a strong urge to note the individuality of the giant trees by giving them names. At one time, most…

  • A peaceful pond near Tioga Pass

    A peaceful pond near Tioga Pass Originally uploaded by mlog. I’ve posted a lot of Misha’s photos of the Yosemite high country and with good reason, they’re fantastic. Here’s another one of Misha’s shots, this one of Mt Gibbs and a peaceful pond near Yosemite National Parks eastern entrance at Tioga Pass. Great job, Misha.

  • Unusual Snow Pack Spells Trouble For Even Experienced Hikers

    Fresno Bee: “Sun-blushed hikers lunch at picnic tables next to banks of snow. Waterfalls thunder and there are lakes where no lakes were before. It’s an unusual beauty. While not exactly Christmas in July, it is at most early spring in the high Sierra this summer as a deep snowpack melts slowly. But the unique…

  • Some Yosemite Camps To Remain Closed

    Here’s another article on the Yosemite High Sierra Camps Closures. Press Telegram: “The heavy snow dumped on the Sierra Nevada this winter is going to keep some of Yosemite National Park’s popular high country campgrounds closed for the summer, park officials said. Although the park’s crew managed to cut through enough snow to predict the…

  • Where Have All The Rangers Gone?

    The LA Times ran an article on the decline of Park Rangers within America’s National Parks and how many a private citizen are helping out. Very interesting. There’s a snippet below. LA Times:”If there are four or five programs a night, maybe only one is done by a National Park Service ranger,” said Scott Gediman,…