On my recent trip to the Valley I was surprised to see that several new apartment-like buildings were built west of Curry Village near the raft/bike rental shop. Does anyone know anything about these buildings? Are they for employees or guests? It bummed me out because they built them right in the middle of the old trail I would always take to get from housekeeping to the curry village pizza sby bobbyv - General Discussion
I saw a small rattle snake in an area below the Royal Arches that we always called "the indian caves". I was climbing up into a rock crevice and right when I popped my head over a rock I saw the snake about 2 feet away. It scared the **** out of me and I almost fell trying to duck away.by bobbyv - General Discussion
I just found the USGS flow data for the Merced and it is VERY low this year. The lowest it has ever been in the last 91 years was back in 1924 when the flow was 116cfs. The average is about 1300cfs. Today (June 10) the flow was only 176cfs! http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv?11264500by bobbyv - General Discussion
I'll be at housekeeping the week of June 11th and was wandering what the water temperature will be like. I always like to play in the water at the housekeeping beach but I usually don't go this early. Will it be too cold to swim? Or will the flow be too dangerous? What about rafts? Thanksby bobbyv - General Discussion
Can anyone tell me how early housekeeping spots are open for reservations. I know the tent/rv campgrounds are 5 months in advance, but I always thought housekeeping was 1 year in advance. Is it different now? Also, is it hard to get a spot at the walk-in camp4 in mid june?by bobbyv - General Discussion
I wore trail running shoes twice for the halfdome hike. The first time was in a pair of saucony's and the second time in some new balance's. I think the majority of hikers had boots, but there were plenty of others in running style shoes. At the end of the hike I had no blisters and my feet never really hurt at any time. On my second trip I saw an older gentleman with NO SHOES on! We wouldby bobbyv - General Discussion