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  • Curry Village Ice Rink Slated to Open this Friday November 20th

    Skating at Curry Village Ice Rink in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Dolan Halbrook. How cold has it been? Well cold enough that the Yosemite Ice Rink at Curry Village is scheduled to open this Friday, November 20th. If you’ve never visited the rink it’s located just outside Curry Village and affords you an awesome…

  • One Mans Lake is Another Mans Text Book

    Most visitors to Yosemite see Siesta Lake as a picturesque spot to stop and stretch your legs along the Tioga Road but Professor of Geology, Garry Hayes sees it as a tool to help students understand glaciation in the Sierra. Photo by

  • Rain and Snow Coming

    The National Weather Service has issued a weather alert for the Central Sierra region from Yosemite to Kings Canyon warning of high winds and snow. …SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY… A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL APPROACH CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH…

  • Yosemite Receives $5.8 million Check

    What would you do with $5.8 million? That’s the question Yosemite National Park officials are asking themselves after the nonprofit Yosemite Fund presented them with a check for that amount Saturday. $5.8 million can do a lot. Already this year the Yosemite Fund paid for the rehabilitation of the Half Dome Overlook improving pedestrian and…

  • Yosemite Accounts for 25% of Annual Search and Rescue Costs

    A NPS helo brings in a load of SAR gear before beginning a “rope down”. Photo by Brian Zambrano. A report by two researchers in the field of wilderness medice have come to some interesting conclusions. Yosemite seems to account for 1/4 of Annual NPS Search and Rescue costs at nearly $1.2 million in 2005.…

  • Half Dome Cables Come Down

    After this weeks storms National Park Service officials have decided to go ahead and take the cables down on Half Dome. The cables will be replaced next May as weather conditions permit.

  • Yosemite Rangers Aid in Marijuana Bust

    National Park Service Law Enforcement car in Yosemite. Photo by Rennett Stowe. Yosemite rangers have been aiding other National Park Service personnel at the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in Shasta county to combat the ever increasing cultivation of marijuana on public lands by Mexican drug cartels. Law enforcement rangers at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area have…

  • Fun, Food and Prizes for Halloween from Yosemite Pines RV

    The following article is sponsored by Yosemite Pines RV. Yosemite Pines RV and Family Lodging will usher in the Halloween “spirit” with a party open to all on Saturday, October 24th from 6PM to 10PM. The party is free to Yosemite Pines guests and the charge to the public is only $5.00. And if you…

  • Yosemite Bears Targeting Minivans

    A tagged black bear in Yosemite Valley. Photo by Simon Phipps. Yes, it’s true, Researchers have found that black bears searching for food in Yosemite National Park have been targeting minivans over other types of vehicles. In a recent article that appeared in the Journal of Mammology, researchers have found that black bears in Yosemite…

  • Weather System Could Bring Winds as High as 120mph and Several Feet of Snow to Sierra

    As we get more and more information about the incoming weather system it definitely looks like a nasty one. Here’s the latest from the National Weather Service. They’re expecting several feet of snow at the higher elevations and winds at ridge line in up to 120mph. Definitely don’t want to be in a motorhome or…