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Winter is Here and It’s Time to Chain Up
With winter in full swing in the Sierra and Mother Nature dumping snow at the higher elevations it’s a good time to point out that you’re required by law to carry tirechains in your vehicle at all times when entering Yosemite National Park and should know how to use them. The State of California Department…
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Storm creates a mess; Oakdale man missing
ModBee.com: “Two rock slides sent granite boulders cascading onto Highway 140 outside of Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, blocking the highway for nearly 12 hours. Authorities detoured traffic into and out of the park from 6:30a.m. until about 6 p.m., the California Highway Patrol reported. The slides happened in the River Canyon area, about six…
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Mud Slide Temporarily Shuts Down El Portal Entrance
ABC30.com: Mud Slide Shuts Down Highway 140 “In the Mariposa County mountains, a mud and rock slide blocked access to Yosemite National Park. Both lanes of Highway 140 are shut down about 2 1/2 miles west of Cedar Lodge. That’s between Mariposa and El Portal.”
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Family Recounts Surviving Deadly Sierra Storm
San Jose Mercury News: ‘It just snuck up on us:’ Family tells of surviving Sierra storm “An experienced backpacker, Frank Horath knew to check the weather forecast before leaving on an overnight hike with family members to an alpine lake in the Sierra National Forest. It called for clear weather in the mountains through the…
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Yosemite’s Famous Haunts
Modbee.com: Mysteries haunt Yosemite and Groveland hotels “Yosemite National Park has many loyal visitors, but perhaps the most loyal are those of the ghostly variety, many of which are said to have inhabited the historic halls of The Ahwahnee and Wawona Hotel for years. Taking into account their long and sometimes dramatic histories — The…