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  • Curry Village Ice Rink Open for Business

    Grab your skates and head on up to Yosemite, the Curry Village Ice Rink is now open to skaters of all ages. Celebrating its 80th year of operation, the Curry Village ice rink was first established in 1928 when the Yosemite Winter Club flooded an unused parking lot. Now a permanent fixture, the rink is…

  • A Rare Gem from John Muir

    While browsing the Library of Congress collection I came across this gem, an original article penned by John Muir from The Atlantic Monthly in 1899. I’ve read all of John Muir’s books and short storied but I’ve never read this article until tonight. OF all the mountain ranges I have climbed, I like the Sierra…

  • Exciting Badger Pass Improvements

    This, finally, is the story that I’ve been dying to share with you for several weeks now. It was broken by Marek Warszowski at the Fresno Bee. It’s been very exciting to hear about the new improvements – the refurbishment of the ski lift (almost everything is new except the towers – including more comfortable…

  • Should I Come to Yosemite in January

    Wendy from the UK wrote in: “We are trying to squeeze in a last adult holiday in California in January before our first baby is born (in May)! Everyone we speak to says you can’t miss Yosemite so we’d love to visit but on investigation it seems a lot of the area won’t be available…

  • What’s New

    April 4, 2012 Updated links to webcams on webcam page. Images will now display the most recent webcam images. May 15, 2009 Added What to Wear in Yosemite (Fall-Winter) page. May 15, 2009 Added What to Wear in Yosemite (Spring-Summer) page. May 14, 2009 Added links to Friends of Yosemite Blog for William Neill Photography,…

  • Current Yosemite Road Conditions

    IMPORTANT: Please call 209.372.0200 then press 1 and 1 for the latest road conditions. If you’re planning on traveling during fall, winter or spring beware, roads may be icy, and may have snow or water on them. You are required by federal law to carry tire chains when entering a designated chain control area. Tire…

  • 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…

  • Lyell Glacier Disappearing Faster Than Scientist Would Like to Admit

    If you’ve ever read John Muir’s tales of his ramblings in the Sierra then you know he visited almost all of the glaciers in Yosemite and it’s environs and loved to take people up to the Lyell Glacier. Unfortunately, scientists believe that global warming has taken its tole and the Lyell Glacier may soon be…

  • User Capacity Symposium Summary

    The park has just release the summary document of the Feb 2008 User Capacity Symposium. It was held in the middle of winter and it took 7 months to publish the results? Oh well, they are excellent. One of the better reports I’ve seen from a government agency.    Here is the link http://www.nps.gov/yose/parkmgmt/symposium.htm  Kudos…

  • Yosemite Jobs: Field Manager – Bureau of Land Management

    Here’s a job outside of Yosemite in beautiful Bishop, one of my favorite places to visit in the eastern Sierra. There’s tons of hiking, backpacking, fishing, photography, mountain biking and whatever other recreational activity you like to do in Bishop so it’s an awesome opportunity. For this job you do need to have some government…