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  • Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne Trail Reopens Tomorrow Even Though Wildcat Fire Still Burning Close By

    National Park Service map showing currentfires burning within Yosemite National Park.. Although the Wildcat fire remains active the NPS has announced the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne Trail will reopen tomorrow. @YosemiteNPS: Entire Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne trail will reopen tomorrow (August 25). The Wildcat Fire has scorched approximately 1235 acres and is continuing…

  • Survive! Lost in the Snow

    Frazier’s SOS distress signal stomped into the snow and lined with tree boughs, as seen from the rescue helicopter before landing and evacuating him.

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-23

    Today's Yosemite Forecast: WET! Yes, rain. Rain and thunderstorms. Thunderstorms and rain. Highs in the low-mid 80s. Overnight around 55. # Good morning! Thanks for following @TheYosemiteBlog – news and information from http://www.yosemiteblog.com – check it out. # Still getting some pretty heavy rain in areas around the park. # Hopefully will put some water…

  • Demolishing Hetch Hetchy Could Save California’s Salmon Population – or Not

    The Tuolumne River below Hetch Hetchy Dam. Photo by Jared Kelly. There’s a very interesting piece by columnist Bill McEwen in the Fresno Bee about the decline in salmon coming up California’s rivers and salmon might be the dams undoing. The Tuolumne, a tributary of the San Joaquin, is “the keystone” to bringing back California’s…

  • Missing Hiker Found!

    Ben Wong, who we asked for help in finding in the previous post, has been found alive and well thanks to a hikers tip. Thank you to everyone who helped out and called in.

  • Missing Hiker in Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Creek, May Lake, Sunrise Lakes and Cathedral Lakes Area

    Ben Wong started his hike on August 18th and intended to hike from the Yosemite Falls trailhead to Yosemite Creek, then on to May Lake, Sunrise Lake and complete his hike at the Cathedral Lakes trailhead in Tuolumne Meadows on August 21st, Friday. If you’ve hiked in the Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Creek, May Lake, Sunrise…

  • The First Car in Yosemite

    Oliver Lippincott became first motorist in Yosemite National Park, in his Locomobile steamer. Photo courtesy http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/. Although today is listed as the first official day cars were allowed into Yosemite, here’s proof they’d been there for quite some time already. Automobiles were legally allowed to enter Yosemite National Park, California, for the first time on…

  • Rainy Day in Yosemite

    Rare August rain in Yosemite. Captured from the live webcam in Ahwahnee Meadow. I really do think we’re going to see an early Autumn this year in the park. Already the nights have been cool enough some trees are starting to show yellowing.

  • Come Listen to Some Music this Labor Day at the Strawberry Music Festival

    Performers on the main stage at the Strawberry Music Festival in Camp Mather. Photo by Jordan Klein. If you haven’t got your tickets yet to the Strawberry Music Festival taking place in Camp Mather Labor Day weekend you’ve still got time. “The Strawberry Music Festival offers an opportunity for the whole family to participate in…

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-22

    Thanks for all the #ff recommendations and all the retweets. # http://twitpic.com/euuyn – Sunset at Half Dome from Yosemite's Glacier Point Friday night. (via @f_go) # It's raining. #