Yosemite's Winter Rangers -- SFGate article

Living the dream’: Yosemite’s winter rangers spend months in a cramped cabin

Eric Brooks
Jan. 26, 2023

On the surface, Laura and Rob Pilewski seem like a typical married couple.

They’re avid skiers. They enjoy nature and a good meal together. They try to spend time with friends and family when schedules allow. The two, married since 1996, also appreciate time apart, because as Laura recently told SFGATE, "We’ve done this so long, we know our limitations and when to respect each other’s space."

But there’s a kicker.

The Pilewskis don’t have standard jobs, and their winters are anything but normal. As Yosemite National Park’s Tuolumne Meadows winter rangers, the two spend five months a year in relative seclusion, exploring the park’s vast wilderness and living in a tiny 500-square-foot cabin buried under hundreds of inches of Sierra Nevada snow.


https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/yosemite-national-park-winter-rangers-17742024.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-Editors-Picks

Thanks for posting. I just went down a rabbit hole with the links from that article, like the Ode to 395 and the geology of the Sierra. Good reading for a Friday morning.