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Yosemite Falls (video)
With the wet winter and nice warm Spring we’re having you can bet the waterfalls around the park are putting on quite a show. If you aren’t lucky enough to be able to make it up until later this year here’s a great video from Yosemite Nature Notes about Yosemite Falls. Enjoy! I highly recommend…
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Spring Plowing Report for May 12, 2010
Glacier Point Road: Crew had to plow and sand from new snow accumulation and is now working back from Glacier Point to widen and clean roadway. Crews are also Sweeping and Patching Potholes. Average Snow Depth is 4 feet Plowing operations will continue today. Contractor is working on the road from Chinquapin to Badger Pass.…
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How’s the Water
Lots of people are asking how the rivers are flowing in Yosemite. Well now there’s a pretty cool way you can keep track of just how high the water is flowing AND how busy the Mist Trail to Vernal and Nevada Falls is. Thanks to the US Geological Survey this awesome new webcam keeps track…
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Valley Stables Opening Today with 3 Rides Daily
@YosemiteDNC: “Hoorah! Valley Stables opens May 5, with 3 rides offered each day.” 2-hour Ride – $60 Half Day Ride – $80 Full Day Ride – $119 Children must be at least 7 years old and 44″ tall. Maximum weight is 225 lbs. For more information please visit yosemitepark.com. Photo: Horses on the trail by…
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AMGEN Tour of California Skips Yosemite This Year
It’s no big news that the AMGEN Tour of California has decided not to include the Sierra leg this year but with the bicycle race starting in just a few weeks it seems the perfect time to beat a dead horse. In what can hardly be termed a “tour” of anything, participants in the Tour…
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Tioga Road Plowing Update May 1st
Glacier Point Road: End location is Summit Meadow. Plowing through 8 and 9 feet of snow. Plowing operations will continue today Note: Once the Glacier Point Road opens for the season, it will be open Saturdays and Sundays only through May 27. (It will also be open on May 21.) Beginning May 28, the road…
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Photo of the Day: Speeding Kills Bears by PhotoMojo
Here’s a great photo of a bear crossing the road in Yosemite. Not sure if the sign was photoshopped in or not but the ideas is pretty simple, speeding kills bears – slow down. Awesome shot. Photo by PhotoMojo.
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Tioga Road Plowing Underway – No Expected Opening Date
For all those who start bombarding me in February, here’s the latest on the Glacier Point and Tioga Road plowing. Keep in mind it’s raining and snowing today in the Sierra so any progress may be pushed back depending on how much of the white stuff falls. Glacier Point Road Start: Summit Meadow End: Not…
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Want to Read My First Summer in the Sierra? Here You Go
If you read the last post and realized you’ve never read John Muir’s book, My First Summer in the Sierra well here you go. The book is in public domain and available FREE from Google Books. Don’t bend the cover will ya’. It’s old. If you want a dead tree version rather than a digital…
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This is Yosemite? Seriously?
We’ve all seen those really bad Photoshopped photos where the shark is eating the man or Lindsay Lohan is missing a leg. In my opinion they hold no candle to this wonderfully Photoshopped image of the waterfalls in Yosemite that was part of a press release by the Oakhurst Chamber of Commerce trying to attract…