We lucked out and got two night in a row at TMHSC due to people cancelling reservations this coming labor day weekend, to be followed by a night staying up near White Mountain Peak at the White Mountain Research Center, and although I used to spend a lot of time around TM, it was years ago, before I was a photographer, and mostly using it as a staging area, heading out for points north or south.
Can anyone suggest photogenic areas that would don't involve heavy climbing (g/f has vertigo, so I have to go alone for some places) that are relatively short(er) hikes?
We're already doing Gaylor Lakes, but I haven't ever been to Lyell Forks with a camera, Mono Pass with a camera, etc....
Thought I'd ask with two weeks in advance to get the most help.
Thanks as always.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/2011 10:29AM by tanngrisnir3.
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August 24, 2011 12:50PM |
You will have some dark night skies and a nice crescent moon setting in the west in the evening, so wherever you are, think about doing some night stuff! From the Whites about a month ago:
Have fun!
Have fun!
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Re: Photography-centric suggestions for around Tuolumne... August 24, 2011 12:55PM |
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You will have some dark night skies and a nice crescent moon setting in the west in the evening, so wherever you are, think about doing some night stuff! From the Whites about a month ago:
Have fun!
Thanks! We were up there for the first time about a month ago, driving into a total lightning storm. Dicey, I can tell you, and my g/f got altitude sickness. Back down the mountain in the most spectacular light I've ever seen.
Couldn't believe, in the rain and shitty road conditions, however, the kind of cars people were driving up there in!
We have a relatively hard-core, trail rated Liberty, and people were doing it in Saturn coupes!
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Re: Photography-centric suggestions for around Tuolumne... August 24, 2011 04:48PM |
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You will have some dark night skies and a nice crescent moon setting in the west in the evening, so wherever you are, think about doing some night stuff! From the Whites about a month ago:
Have fun!
August 24, 2011 02:53PM |
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August 25, 2011 01:56AM |
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I presume you're staying at the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge (since there's no Tuolumne Meadows HSC).
Technically, the Lodge is a HSC
Technically, the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge is no longer considered a High Sierra Camp, though once upon a time, it was.
Besides the differences that "Wherever" has already pointed out, other very important differences include that the meals (breakfast and dinner) are NOT included in the cost of the lodging at the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge. The cancellation policy is also different. Anyone can dine at the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge dining room (not just overnight guests or backpackers), and the last time I ate in its dining room, the menu was a la carte, though like an HSC you shared the dining table with other guests (IOW, communal dining). And ecologically and logistically speaking, the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge is restocked via delivery trucks, while the HSC's are resupplied via mule trains.
Another big difference is in the booking an overnight stay at the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge is that one reseve an entire canvas tent cabin for one's party, just like Curry Village and UNLIKE at the park's High Sierra Camps where one can only reserve the number of beds (not entire tent cabins). The only three similarities between the High Sierra Camps and the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge is that you're up in the High Sierra, meals are served in a communal setting, and you sleep inside a canvas tent cabin. But note, you can also sleep inside a canvas tent cabin at Curry Village. And reserving a canvas tent cabin at the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge is a lot more similar to reserving one at Curry Village than reserving a bed (or several beds) at a High Sierra Camp.
And one last important distinction, all of the Yosemite High Sierra Camps reside within the official boundary of the Yosemite wilderness. The Tuolumne Meadows Lodge DOES NOT. (It's frontcountry, not backcountry.)
It might be noted, however, that the facility is still considered part of the HSC Loop:
http://www.yosemitepark.com/high-sierra-camp-trail-descriptions.aspx
I don't disagree with that point.
It's definitely part of the HSC Loop – often used as the starting or ending point (or both), but technically it's no longer an HSC (though it once was). And the current correct name of the lodging facility, as shown on the HSC Loop map below, is the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge (not the Tuolumne Meadows High Sierra Camp).
August 25, 2011 12:15AM |
Just because a group of people like to call the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge not by its proper name, doesn't make that incorrect name correct. 
August 26, 2011 05:33PM |
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Just because a group of people like to call the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge not by its proper name, doesn't make that incorrect name correct.
Just because some people call it a lodge doesn't mean they are correct.
August 27, 2011 01:22AM |
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Just because a group of people like to call the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge not by its proper name, doesn't make that incorrect name correct.
Just because some people call it a lodge doesn't mean they are correct.
True, but in this instance, they happen to be correct.
August 27, 2011 06:55AM |
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Just because a group of people like to call the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge not by its proper name, doesn't make that incorrect name correct.
Just because some people call it a lodge doesn't mean they are correct.
True, but in this instance, they happen to be correct.
It would seem that the main requirement for a shed to be called a lodge is that it is readily accessible by motor vehicles (see, also, White Wolf Lodge).
August 27, 2011 10:17AM |
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August 27, 2011 01:47PM |
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Just because a group of people like to call the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge not by its proper name, doesn't make that incorrect name correct.
Just because some people call it a lodge doesn't mean they are correct.
Presumably DNC decided that they could make more money by declaring it a lodge.
At least as recently as 1987, when the HSCs were run by the Curry Company (both pre- and post-MCA acquisition), the Tuolumne Meadows facility was recognized for what it was:
http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/yosemite_resources/mather_years.html#page_626
(Added note: the 'White Wolf Lodge' portion of the White Wolf HSC existed as a private roadhouse along the Great Sierra Wagon Road well before it was acquired by the park.)
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August 28, 2011 10:11AM |
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Presumably DNC decided that they could make more money by declaring it a lodge.
That was my thought.
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Re: Photography-centric suggestions for around Tuolumne... August 24, 2011 03:18PM |
Just outside the park's eastern entrance (Tioga Pass) is Ellery Lake and it's well worth the few minutes drive over there. It's not the really the lake itself that is photogenic, it's the huge slope behind it that leads up to the Dana Plateau that is the spectacle. And it's extremely easy to get to; it's literally just a turnout along the highway.
August 25, 2011 02:27AM |
August 25, 2011 04:41PM |
It's a nice route up:
http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,28755
I second Budd. Not sure vertigo factor... but over Wilts Col to north of Matthes Crest... Love it.
Have fun
(and I have a bunch of other signs with Tuolumne Meadows HSC on them)
(let's change the name to Lodge so it just sounds like it's not a Tent Cabin)
http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,28755
I second Budd. Not sure vertigo factor... but over Wilts Col to north of Matthes Crest... Love it.
Have fun
(and I have a bunch of other signs with Tuolumne Meadows HSC on them)
(let's change the name to Lodge so it just sounds like it's not a Tent Cabin)
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Re: Photography-centric suggestions for around Tuolumne... August 25, 2011 05:49PM |
We were up the 'fisherman's trail' a couple weeks ago. The shuttle driver knew what we were talking about and was glad to drop us off between stops. It's a nice route. We topped the Medlicott Domes then x-country to the regular Cathedral Peak trail back to TM; boring except for the nice spring on the way down.
August 28, 2011 08:40AM |
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In a post above I asked if anyone knew the name of the dome northeast of Medlicott Dome. You have a perfect picture of it. What is the name of it?
Chuck
Panoramic Images - http://panoramas.aa6g.org/
August 28, 2011 12:31PM |
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