Search results for: “National”
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What’s Old is New Again
Kudos to the guys at the Yosemite Association who got the redirect working from the old webcam page. Now even if you type in the old URL you’ll be automatically redirected to the new page. Nice work guys! By the way, did you know the webcams are also featured on the National Park Service site?
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Ahwahnee Could Be Closed for Up To 2 Years
It’s been a little busy around here what with taking the dog to the vet last week and my anniversary so I totally missed the fact that the Ahwahnee may be shutting down for awhile to undergo earthquake retrofitting. In fact, it could be closed as long as TWO YEARS! Mercury News: On Wednesday, Yosemite…
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Yosemite’s Bear Boss Tells All About the Bears
Discovery News has a great interview with Ryan Leahy, the Lead Bear Technician in Yosemite. It’s a great interview and well worth reading. Discovery News: Are the temperatures this winter affecting the bears at all, or are they hibernating comfortably? Ryan Leahy: With such warm temperatures, a number of bears never went into hibernation. Some…
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Avalanche on Half Dome
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Meet a Scientist
Ever wonder what an Ornithologist in Yosemite does? How about a Fire Archaeologist. A new series of videos from the National Park Service gives you the chance to meet scientists working in Yosemite to find out what they do. There are four videos so far: Sarah Stock an Ornithologist in Yosemite specializing in owls, Social…
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Twitter Breaks the News of Climber Rescued from Half Dome
While you all may have been scrambling to refresh CNN.com to find out more news about the South Korean climber rescued from Half Dome, Twitter was alive and buzzing with the news. It all started around 9:25AM when Theresa Ho posted first news of the rescue. @SimplyTheresa posted: Rescue has started for Korean climber caught…
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Photo of the Day: Lower Yosemite Fall by Jon Shiu
Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot by Jon Shiu of Lower Yosemite Fall. Jon took the photo with a plastic toy camera with medium format roll film, printed in the darkroom and sepia toned. Pretty cool, eh? What’s also cool is it’s Jon’s entry into the Yosemite Renaissance. For the uninitiated, the…
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome Sunset by Carl Sax
Today’s Photo of the Day comes by recommendation from Alexandra Halsey who messaged me yesterday about the beautiful photos that have been popping up in the new Yosemite Blog Flickr Group. In particular she said to take a look at these by Carl Sax. I was blown away. Great shots Carl. Be sure you check…
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Tioga Road Opening Date – Not Anytime Soon
Pam wrote in to ask me the other day, “When am I going to be able to go through Tioga Pass?” Well, not anytime soon. Tioga Pass is closed and, unless there’s some freak warm front and storm that comes through to melt all the snow, will probably be for a while. Traditionally the Park…
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Amgen Bicycle Tour of California Coming to Yosemite Area
NPS: The largest cycling event in America, the 2009 Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding, recently expanded, 750-mile course from Sacramento to Escondido from February 14-22, 2009. For the first time, the Tour will be passing…