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  • Glacier Point Road Clear and Ready for Visitors

    The Glacier Point road is clear and ready for visitor. The road will open this Friday. There is no projected opening date on the Tioga Road unfortunately but I’m hearing plowing operations are going very well. NPS: “Yosemite National Park Superintendent Mike Tollefson announced today that the Glacier Point Road is expected to open to…

  • Adams Yosemite

    There’s a really cool interactive over at the New York Times that shows 9 different Ansel Adams photographs and where they were taken in relation on a map of the park. The interactive is part of an article the times ran a few days ago called “What Adams Saw Through His Lens“. New York Times:…

  • Tunnel View to Get Makeover

    Now that the trees blocking the historic view are gone, the National Park Service in conjunction with the Yosemite Association are going to embark on a much needed makeover to revitalize Tunnel View, one of the most used spots in the park. NPS: “The historic Tunnel View Overlook will receive a much-needed makeover thanks to…

  • Yosemite Programs to Get Big Push in Funds

    Yosemite and 75 other national parks have been singled out to be part of a program in which private donations to the parks are matched by federal funds (kind of like a 401k for national parks). FresnoBee.com: Updates: Yosemite wins big in public/private funding plan: “Yosemite National Park benefits more than most. The park%u2019s famous…

  • Into the Wild, With Child

    We have 2 kids and I can remember the first time we took our son to Yosemite for an overnight trip. We weren’t as apprehensive as some because we’re very experienced in the outdoors but, there was still a little anxiety. Here’s a blog post from a mother about her recent trip to Yosemite to…

  • Caltrans Plans to Replace Ferguson Slide Bridges on 140

    The issue of the Ferguson Rockslide may finally come to rest as Caltrans is ready to install a more permanent solution around the slide that will allow vehicles up to 45 feet long to begin using Highway 140 from Mariposa into Yosemite again. abc30.com: “Tuesday morning Caltrans officials announced plans to replace the temporary bridges…

  • Remembering An Icon

    The El Portal market was one of those markets you expected to see two guys on the porch playing checkers. It was a hold out of an earlier time when life was good and simple. My wife and I stopped there many times for refreshments on our way out of the park that’s why when…

  • Where is the plow?

    A lot of you have been asking “When is Tioga Pass going to open?” As of right now it’s anyones guess. Warm weather will make some parts easier but others, like the avalanche zones by Olmsted Point (there are 26 of them along the road) could become much, much more dangerous. The photo above shows…

  • 2 Killed in Plane Crash Just North of Cherry Lake

    Two people were killed this weekend when their small Cessna airplane out of Calaveras County crashed just a few miles north of Cherry Lake. UnionDemocrat.com: “The Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from the Federal Aviation Administration at 6:04 p.m., confirming there was an aircraft down, states a Sheriff’s Office press release. FAA spokesman Ian…

  • New Travel Channel Show Highlighting Yosemite Debuts This Week

    A new Travel Channel show on Yosemite is making it’s debut this week with 3 showings that you’re not going to want to miss (although I already missed Sunday’s showing so I’m going to have to set the TiVo to catch the Thursday night showing). NPS: “‘Yosemite- America’s Treasure’ will debut on the Travel Channel…