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Some Sierra Passes to Open Soon – Not Tioga Though
If you’ve been waiting to get through Tioga Pass well, you’ll have to wait a bit longer.
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Don’t Forget to Submit Your Comments on the Merced River Plan!
Don’t think this affects you? Wanna bet?
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Yosemite & The Epic Sierra by Tony Rowell (video)
Cubicle got you down? Then check out this awesome video sent over by Tony Rowell. This ought to perk you up.
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Highway 120 Construction May Cause Delays This Summer
If you’ve been a long time visitor to Yosemite you may well remember the traffic light that was placed on Highway 120 between Buck Meadows and the Cherry Lake Road turn-off. Well, to make a long story short, road construction this summer may well just bring the light back to 120 signaling stop and go…
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The Lyell Glacier has Stopped Moving
Conspiracy theorists will yell “there’s no such thing”, while climatologists are saying “I told you so” but for whatever reason, climate change or what-have-you, the The Lyell Glacier, the largest glacier in Yosemite National Park, has stopped moving.
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YNN: One Day in Yosemite
Follow along with 30 film makers as they document what a day is like in Yosmeite National Park in the latest installment of Yosemite Nature Notes.
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Hetch Hetchy Road Closed
The Hetch Hetchy Road is closed indefinitely after park officials discovered water undercutting a hillside beneath the road making the road “extremely unstable”. The road is still intact, but water undercutting the hillside below the pavement has made it “extremely unstable,” Cobb said. The National Park Service temporarily closed the road in December due to…
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Moonwalk (video)
Watch as Dean Potter walks on the moon.
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More Cold, Wet Weather Coming
If you’re heading up to the park this weekend bring a warm jacket and your snow tires. There’s a good chance Yosemite Valley will be white by Monday.
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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.