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  • New Easier To Use Reservation System Coming – But Still Reserve Your Site Early

    Big news! Reserving a camp site is getting even easier with a new website set to launch in early February. National Park Service: “On February 7, 2007, the National Park Reservation Service and the National Recreation Reservation Service (NRRS) will combine to provide enhanced reservation services in Yosemite National Park for both group and individual…

  • Ice Skating A Fun Thing To Do During Winter In Yosemite

    One of the cooler (all puns intended) things to do in Yosemite in the winter is ice skating and for many native Californian’s, and park visitors alike, the Curry Village Outoor Ice Rink is their first chance to strap on a pair of skates and head out on the ice. The Fresno Bee has a…

  • Ultimate Adventures: Yosemite

    Got about an hour and want to get your fill of Yosemite from your desk chair? Here’s an Ultimate Adventure video shot in Yosemite in April 1997 just after the flood where a team of 5 adventurers conquer their fears and climb some of Yosemite’s big walls. Ron Kauk makes an appearance in the video…

  • Mariposa Supervisors Urge Government to Fix 140 Before It’s Too Late

    The Mariposa Board of Supervisors are urging the federal government to take action and repair Highway 140 into Yosemite before it collapses citing loss of the highway would devastate the economy in Mariposa worse than this summers rock-slide. mercedsunstar.com: “Worried that a major Yosemite National Park road will collapse — and devastate Mariposa County’s economy…

  • It’s About Time. A New Poll is Up

    There’s a new poll! YES! A new poll! Thanks to everyone who voted in the last one. Be sure to check out the new one which will change sometime in January. The new question is: “Do you think the National Park Service should be allowed to continue with repairs within the Park?” If you’d like…

  • Road Into Yosemite Unstable and Dangerous to Travelers and the Environment

    The Union Democrat has an interesting article on the serious deterioration of the roadway many of us travel into and out-of the park. Union Democrat: “Yosemite National Park officials fear that a failing section of roadway along the Merced River could wash out and block three of the park’s four entrances into Yosemite Valley. And…

  • Camping for Thanksgiving

    I’ve gotten a number of emails from people headed up to the park over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend so I wanted to throw out a few brief updates on current park conditions. Here’s a list of the current campground conditions from the National Park Service. Yosemite Valley Upper Pines Campground is open; reservations are…

  • Public Scoping for El Portal Road Reconstruction Begins

    Public scoping is now open on repairs the National Park Service hopes to make to the much degregated El Portal Road. NPS: “Yosemite National Park is announcing public scoping in preparation of the El Portal Road Reconstruction – Pohono Bridge to the Big Oak Flat Road Intersection Project. This project will be accompanied by an…

  • Time For A Little Clean Fun

    Hey everyone. It’s time again to help out our friends over at the Yosemite Climbing Association with their annual Yosemite-wide Cleanup. This is your chance to do something good for the park and have some great fun in the process. “From Wednesday September 27th to Sunday October 1st, the Yosemite Climbing Association with help from…

  • Man Arrested For Starting Wildfire

    The National Park Service has released information regarding last weekends Powerhouse fire, just west of where 140 and the Big Oak Flat Road meet, that was evidently an illegal campfire that got out of control. NPS: “Just after midnight on the morning of Saturday, September 16th, a ranger contacted a man who was walking up…