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  • Yosemite Valley Lodge

    Yosemite Valley Lodge (Yosemite Lodge) About: Located in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Valley Lodge (formerly Yosemite Lodge) offers private rooms with extraordinary views of all the major sights in Yosemite including: Sentinel Rock, Half Dome, Yosemite Fall and El Capitan. Yosemite Valley Lodge is located directly across Northside Drive from Yosemite Falls and offers 226 lodge…

  • Fire Season Officially Over for Yosemite *WHEW*!

    With recent wet weather dampening everything in sight, fire season in Yosemite is officially over. National Park Service: The fire season concludes this year with a number of projects successfully completed, including those which significantly protect communities in and around Yosemite. In April, 1,124 acres were burned immediately adjacent to the community of Wawona, and…

  • This May Be Your Only Chance – Come See the Bracebridge Dinner

    Since the first time Ansel Adams and crew put on the production the Bracebridge Dinner at the Ahwahnee has been an elegant affair for the genteel. Well, no longer. The old system of a lottery for tickets has been abolished with a new first-come first-serve policy in it’s place. What’s this mean for you? Well…

  • Pardon the Smoke

    The National Park Service is continuing with the prescribed burn project near Wawona. Roughly 1000 acres are expected to be burnt beginning in small 50 acre per day parcels. Burning will continue throughout the week as weather conditions hold out. The objective of this burn is to create defensible fire space around Wawona. The first…

  • Campground Closings: Lower Pines and Backpackers Campground

    Crane Flat, Lower Pines and the Valley Backpackers campgrounds will be closing October 13th for the season. Other campgrounds: Tuolumne Meadows campground has closed for the season. Porcupine Flat campground will remain open until October 15th. Tamarack Flat closed October 10th. North Pines will remain open until November 3rd Hodgdon Meadow, Upper Pines, Camp 4…

  • Seasonal Campground Closings

    Tuolumne Meadows campground has closed for the season. Porcupine Flat campground will remain open until October 15th. Tamarack Flat will be closed on October 10th. Crane Flat and Lower Pines campgrounds will close on October 13th. North Pines will remain open until November 3rd. Hodgdon Meadow, Upper Pines, Camp 4 and Wawona campgrounds will remain…

  • Superintendent Tollefson Stepping Down to Join Yosemite Fund

    Mike Tollefson who has been the Superintendent of Yosemite for the last 6 years is stepping down to become president of the Yosemite Fund, a nonprofit agency that raises money for the park. Tollefson has been the instrumental force in accomplishing a number of the improvements you see in the park and will be a…

  • Road Closures and Detours

    Here’s a list of road conditions through out the park. Remember to drive slow in the construction zones and on the detours. Northside Drive: May 30th thru June 22nd – El Capitan Picnic Area to Pohono Bridge Open during the day with intermittent one-lane closures while crews raise the utility manholes. It is also open…

  • Current Park Trail Conditions for May 9th 2008

    The John Muir Trail between Clark Point and the top of Nevada Fall is closed for the winter. The Mist Trail to Nevada and Vernal Fall is open. The Four Mile Trail is closed for the winter just below Union Point. No expected opening date at this time. The Half Dome cables are down for…

  • 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…