I usually stay up in Tuolumne meadows, so it might be different elsewhere i nthe park, but here is what I have observed. It is an ongoing issue for a long time since I have been going there for 30+ years: I have noticed that from 6:00 or so in the morning to around 4:00 in the afternoon it warms up. This is a guess, but it usually warms up into the low 70s or so. Then a strange thing happenby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If they are 3.5 miles west of Tioga Pass and close to Olmsted Point, that is about 15 miles (just a guess) ? How many feet can they plow a day? Of course, they have other things to do besides just plowing. Is half a mile reasonable?by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteszalkowski The exact time that the NPS declares, not before, not afterward. (Precisely Yours) The Marmots Kinda like the rapture. Don't declare something you know little about or else you might look like a fool.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
June 23rd As of yesterday (May 25th) they are at Olmsted point and 3 1/2 miles west of Tioga Pass. I guess places like Tuolumne Meadows are fairly easy to plow? I guess maybe 1 mile a day to plow and in 2 weeks, there will be less snow to plow.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotehotrod4x5 I am thinking not till July 4th? Anyone with knowledge of previous opening dates? Have a guess? I talked to one of the people in charge of campgrounds and she had said they are shooting for a July 1st opening day. I am hoping to speak with her the 1st week in June. SHe told me that she would know better then.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
No, it is not. It is weather and it always changes. It might be warming, it might not. The earth has been much warmer than this and it has been much cooler.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We are out of money, but if you go to a market in Glendale, every armenian (not being racial, that happens to be where I grew up) is paying their grocery bill with food stamps and driving a better car than I do. An Armenian friend says that Armenians take classes in armenia before they get here on how to get all the freebies specificaly in glendale, calif. We are out of money, but somehow we caby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteryanmj is it hard to get 1st come fist served sites? any day(s) of the week I would have a better chance of getting a site? I have not had a problem ever but it is a few years since I have camped up there. We are hoping to go in early July and I do not think they are takign reservation until after the 15th, so I am hoping it will be easier to get in then (assuming htey are open). Sby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on One time when I was getting a wilderness permit I overheard a woman in front of me talking to the ranger with her young daughter. She was taking her daughter, Tenaya, backpacking. She decided to name her daughter Tenaya after she backpacked to Lower Cathedral and had that nice view of Tenaya Lake. I thought it was pretty ridiculous and decided it probably wasn't a good ideaby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetomdisco For what it's worth, if you do fall in try to get your feet pointed downstream so they are the first to crash into large boulders or logs. That might work until you are so frozen that nothing works. I have scuba dived in 39 degree ocean water (40+ years ago) with a wet suit and felt like my face was going to fall off. Can't imagine what 33 degree rushing water would be like withby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
oh, BTW, that Jerk is my brother.by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotesnorkus Very easy. Yes. jerkby telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
How easy is it to get updates on how the snow plowing is going? Have they started plowing?by telfair ave - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion