Search results for: “Tioga Pass”
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Dan Mitchell:A most ‘excellent’ photographer
Dan Mitchell’s a great guy and he lent me this awesome picture of Cathedral Peak for Yosemite Blog and I can’t say ‘thank you’ enough. But Dan’s got more than this shot up at his website, Dan Mitchell.org. There’s tons and tons of beautiful photos of Yosemite if you’ve got a few minutes to spare.…
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Mono Lake Finishes Season With Record Snow/Rain
It’s been a very wet year in the Sierra building a very high snowpack. Mono Lake, Yosemite’s eastern neighbor and a wonderful sidetrip during the summer months when Tioga pass is open, received 144 percent of average signalling one of the wetest winters in years. The Inyo Register: “The state Department of Natural Resources uses…
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Earthquakes
A lot of the people I talk to about Yosemite are as much interested in the famous “California earthquakes” as they are in the Park. Geologically California is still one of the most active regions in the world. Yosemite itself shares a volcanic past and even today is bordered on it’s eastern side by an…
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Tuolumne Meadows Ski Hut: An Adventure Most Will Never See
Even though Tuolumne Meadows and Tioga Pass are closed to motorized vehicle traffic that doesn’t mean it’s closed to skiers. In fact, it’s some of the best cross country skiing in northern California but take note, it does take a bit of work to get there. At 8 miles west of Tioga Pass the Tuolumne…
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Mono Lake: An Early Morning Photo Destination
The Reporter: “Come on, we have to get there before the sun gets up,” she urged. It should have been me doing the urging. I was the one who had requested the wake-up call. I was the one who wanted to take photos of sunrise over Mono Lake.” Just outside Yosemite’s eastern boundry, Mono Lake…
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High Water Poses Danger Even When You Think It’s Safe
This years snow pack is well above normal and we’re really happy to have had so much rain and snow. But it also means that as temperatures heat up, and they’ve been really hot of late, that all that runoff from the melting snow has to go somewhere.
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Snow!
Hope you weren’t planning to cross the Sierra anytime soon because the passes (Tioga, Sonora, Ebbets) are all closed due to snow.
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Rim Fire and Road Closure Update
To date the fire has cost an estimated $102 million, destroyed 11 residences, 3 businesses, 97 outbuildings and continues to threaten over 1200 structures.
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Yosemite Road and Trail Closure Update
The Rim Fire is 80% contained but there’s still a lot of Northern Yosemite that’s closed.
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Rim Fire 80% Contained, Evacuation Advisories Lifted
Great news for everyone who has been following, the Rim Fire has reached 80% containment. Evacuation advisories have been lifted along Highway 108 from Ponderosa Hills to Pinecrest.