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  • Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne Trail Reopens Tomorrow Even Though Wildcat Fire Still Burning Close By

    National Park Service map showing currentfires burning within Yosemite National Park.. Although the Wildcat fire remains active the NPS has announced the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne Trail will reopen tomorrow. @YosemiteNPS: Entire Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne trail will reopen tomorrow (August 25). The Wildcat Fire has scorched approximately 1235 acres and is continuing…

  • Survive! Lost in the Snow

    Frazier’s SOS distress signal stomped into the snow and lined with tree boughs, as seen from the rescue helicopter before landing and evacuating him.

  • Demolishing Hetch Hetchy Could Save California’s Salmon Population – or Not

    The Tuolumne River below Hetch Hetchy Dam. Photo by Jared Kelly. There’s a very interesting piece by columnist Bill McEwen in the Fresno Bee about the decline in salmon coming up California’s rivers and salmon might be the dams undoing. The Tuolumne, a tributary of the San Joaquin, is “the keystone” to bringing back California’s…

  • Missing Hiker in Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Creek, May Lake, Sunrise Lakes and Cathedral Lakes Area

    Ben Wong started his hike on August 18th and intended to hike from the Yosemite Falls trailhead to Yosemite Creek, then on to May Lake, Sunrise Lake and complete his hike at the Cathedral Lakes trailhead in Tuolumne Meadows on August 21st, Friday. If you’ve hiked in the Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Creek, May Lake, Sunrise…

  • World’s First Photo Wasn’t of Yosemite *GASP!*

    Worlds first photograph by French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Photo courtesy National Geographic. In 1826, French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, the worlds first photograph. Titled View from the Window at Le Gras the photo was shot at his family’s country home of a courtyard and outbuildings seen from the house’s upstairs window—by exposing a bitumen-coated…

  • 20 18 Bears Killed by Speeding Cars So Far and the Busiest Tourist Weekend of the Summer is Right Around the Corner

    Speeding cars barrel past a sign warning them to slow down in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Kai Schreiber. I just answered an email from reader Carrie who said, “A Yosemite park ranger told me yesterday that the park has lost 15 bears already this year due to careless drivers. Is this true?” (Authors note:…

  • The First Car in Yosemite

    Oliver Lippincott became first motorist in Yosemite National Park, in his Locomobile steamer. Photo courtesy http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/. Although today is listed as the first official day cars were allowed into Yosemite, here’s proof they’d been there for quite some time already. Automobiles were legally allowed to enter Yosemite National Park, California, for the first time on…

  • Something To Do This Weekend? Learn About The Life of John Muir

    Plan on being in Yosemite this Saturday for a discussion about the life and times of John Muir. Called “A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir” the discussion will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 22 in the Parsons Memorial Lodge in Tuolumne Meadows as part of a Yosemite National Park…

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-19

    Good morning and thanks for following @TheYosemiteBlog – news and information about Yosemite National Park from http://www.yosemiteblog.com # ✾ Photo of the Moonrise over Half Dome, Yosemite, California. http://twitgoo.com/2k4n9 (via @Californias) # Today's forecast for Yosemite National Park: Hot! High 100F. Low 65F. Bleh! # Things to do in Yosemite today: Find a nice shady…

  • Photo of the Day: A beautiful snowy Yosemite in black and white by Kurt Frieden

    Todays Photo of the Day is from Kurt Frieden but was actually taken back in February of 2006. Kurts picture is awesome and now almost impossible to imitate. You see the trees in the foreground were removed by the National Park Service last year to “expand” the view. Great shot, Kurt. Photo by Kurt Frieden.