I enjoyed your article. Thank you for sharing it.by mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
They must find a limit to visitation on days they know will be overcrowded, such as all weekends in summer. They need to turn people away. They need to find a way to deal with it so that people can call or sign up online in order to "take a number". Continued weekend gridlock without addressing it is unacceptable. People waiting at bus stops only to have buses pass them because thby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If you look at the Tenaya Lake plans they are making, which addresses their traffic control issues, a problem they don't want to deal with in any way other than "accommodating all who want to come", campers are on the back burner. With the bus parking improvements and larger restroom facilities geared towards enabling Tenaya Lake to be a destination for buses, so as to manage the traffby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It's amazing how easy it can be sometimes to climb up, but how to make the return trip down successful is a whole other thing. The exact combination of right and left zigs and zags are easily forgotten on the route up, and then on the route down it's easy to attempt a slightly different route, or make what seems like a very small change that strands you. Then, the sun goes down.by mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
That's the upper section of Waterwheel Falls, a mile or so below La Conte Falls, which itself is just downstream from California Falls. It's a wonderful thing to see, but when it's flooding in spring time, just making your way through the canyon is a series of lakes that have to be navigated, sometimes from log to log, and rock to rock. It's too much work if you have a backpack on your back untilby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Wait till they put Trex all over Tuolumne Meadows with enhanced parking for tour buses......by mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What would Tenaya Lake be without the Yosemite Conservancy's $850,000 donation, of course, for what they are calling some "initial improvements at the lake's East Beach area"? Which, we know will be a plastic boardwalk to make it look like a trail extension of a condominium community. They're calling it an "ecologically friendly trail". As the only participant representingby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Wow. She's tough. I know someone who had the same thing happen to him, but he was riding over a spring creek snow bridge on a snowmobile. He feel about ten feet down into fast running water, holding onto the snowmobile so he didn't get swept under the snow like this lady did. With a broken forearm he spent three hours digging up and out of the hold, and then however much time it took to waby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
"...something so stupid". So well said.by mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Almost all there are in Yosemite Valley are flood plains and rock fall areas. At least flood plains can be evacuated before the event. Gualala campground, in Gualala, CA floods every time it rains. We've been there when we had to move. The restroom is on high ground, but has flooded too in some years. Flooding shouldn't prohibit these from being campgrounds. Some of the lower level sites pby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Plawrance, Fantastic comments. Thank you so much for sharing them. You are right on target! Markby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The work you people are doing to shut down the scalping efforts is amazing. I've been watching over a short amount of time, and am very impressed. You are to be congratulated. You've got me looking for them too now. I've flagged a couple of them myself. Your efforts are noteworthy. If only the NPS thought of camping, and campers in more favorable terms, you might not have to do all the woby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
That was a statement made by park managers, not referring to Camp 4, but relative to the east end of the Valley. That statement came in either '95 or '96. It's been quoted many times, but not lately as people seem to forget. For that reason I am hoping to bring history back into the discussion, so that the NPS doesn't think we campers have short memories. That they said it then, does notby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm not familiar with Sequoia National Park issues, but there may be similarities. We come in from Tioga, driving down from the north on the east side of the Sierra. We do intend to spend some time in Sequoia and Kings Canyon this summer, but it's a long drive for us. If it sounds similar, keep in mind that the guy that once worked at Sequoia as the Superintendent later worked at Yosemite as tby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
These campgrounds, and most all of the others were under water during the '97 flood. They selected to not repair the ones they didn't want to keep, relative to a statement that the Park management made the year before, that they'd like to remove all campsites on the north side of the river, but "the public wouldn't let them do it". Campsites are a coordinate on a map, not relative tby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Like prostitution, campers will seek these scalpers out if they can be found. Campers are as guilty as the scalpers if they seek them out. Like any form of entertainment, where the street value of the entertainment (ticket) is perceived by the buyer to be more than its face value, there will be buying and selling. However, this scalping problem highlights the value of camping in Yosemite aby mark2 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Has the park said if Tioga Pass is expected to reopen, or is this it for the year?by mark2 - General Discussion
Even from the elevation of lower Young Lake it looks difficult. Mt. Conness looks mean. But, that's probably just my age. I did Mt. Lyell in my youth and thought it was easy. We talked to some people as they passed by our Young Lake campsite, who climbed it that day. They said it wasn't all that hard. They were in their twenties. That's said to be the easiest route. The 2,600 (?)by mark2 - General Discussion
I'm guessing that this high speed skateboarding may have only happened when they just paved the trail because, I would think that the dust that would continue to accumulate and make it a bit dangerous. Someone mentioned the slippery part here before. That might prohibit the continued use of the trail by them, unless that is, if they have a death wish. And, come to think of it, having watched sby mark2 - General Discussion
I've heard that there are world class competition skateboarders that have learned that the trail is newly paved, and go up there very early in the morning before most people are on the trail. They are said to ride down the trail at very speeds, making it very dangerous if you're standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Anyone else hear about this?by mark2 - General Discussion
Really like that photo. People look like ants marching to the top, and you can see them all lined up on the edge looking over. A high resolution image of this scene, of which you probably have, must really bring them up close and personal. To the author of that article, I am guessing that if you were to look at everything you ever write in the future over and over, you would always find thby mark2 - General Discussion
I can't believe so much discussion is going into this. The article was fine. Everyone has his or her own views of things. The comment about view of T Meadows, I assume, was intended to suggest Yosemite’s high country. If you want to pick at something, that’s a good target. Big deal. Otherwise, the article was good. What I came away hearing was that cables can be too crowded. That happeby mark2 - General Discussion
To answer your question, yes. They would not agree to that, but that's how I see it. They had a viable plan for the campgrounds in 1980, but no money to implement it. The park service said they would relook at that plan when creating the Yosemite Valley Plan, and adhere to it. But, a year before the flood, the park service made the statement that they'd like to remove all the campgrounds nortby mark2 - General Discussion
It's the reason we like to camp in Tuolumne, but, even that is getting the overflow from the Valley campsites. The solution: The park should have campground patrol in the evenings, on foot. We've had campground boom box issues even at Tuolumne. There are all sorts of people out there.by mark2 - General Discussion
Wait till you show up at the gate and find out that you didn't have a reservation and they turn you away. The problem is that these parks tell you that they don't have enough money to run them, all while they spend their money marketing the parks in overseas tourist magazines to a more affluent tourist market. If no one came they wouldn’t need as much money to run them. But instead, becby mark2 - General Discussion
Sorry to hear of all the camping problems. I have to say, I don't generally feel that car camping in the valley is so bad. Most of the time it's a rare case when someones music or barking dog makes me crazy. And, for some, they can't camp any other way, so I'm for preserving it as much as we can. It's all what you make of it. I've camped with people who were inscenced at things that would boby mark2 - General Discussion
If you are looking for a really secluded car camping campground, you may like Yosemite Creek Campground, where you will most likely find a campsite. But, you will have to bring in your own water.by mark2 - General Discussion
Spent last weekend in Upper Pines. Barking dogs with owners who didn't care. People playing their music too loud. The biggest problem is that the campgrounds are too congested, and there is no park supervision at night. The original plan (1980 GMP) was to seperate the sites, but instead they eliminated the flooded campgrounds making it then imposible to seperate what was left, as they had nby mark2 - General Discussion
The sites at Tioga Lake will most likely be full Friday night when you arrive at 8pm. There are only about 15 or less. Saddlebag Lake has a some sites that are first come first serve, which would put you close to the park entrance for Saturday morning. There may be a site left in Lee Vining Canyon by that time on Friday night, but they fill up too. There are motels in Lee Vining if youby mark2 - General Discussion
Wait. I'm not sure that these recommendations given here are enough. Having pulled two different trailers, one motor home, and two tent trailers over the pass in the more than thirtyfive years of using this pass, I can say that pulling a trailer up is not difficult, but it can be very dangerous. As long as you pick a very comfortable low gear, like second or even first if your gearing andby mark2 - General Discussion