To warn those that don't know, especially for the upcoming Memorial Weekend, expect to be diverted to the Badger Pass Ski parking area and perhaps up to a couple hours of wait time before they let you continue on to GP. Also expect the Bridalveil Fall parking lot to cause severe traffic backup in both directions on Hwy 41. There really needs to be a second lane on both sides to allow some bypasby Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Natural trebuchet.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Enough with this hoax! Turlock doesn't really exist either!by Ohnivy-Drak - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Saw the news last night and read a couple of articles on two hikers getting washed away. One is a teenaged boy. Both related to the family that founded the Merrell shoewear company. Hopefully they made it out of the water, but it would have been challenging to survive the cold temps overnight. Came across a trip report someone posted as well, in lower water conditions. The trail looks narrby Ohnivy-Drak - General Discussion
You were able to take a picture of yourself? Neat trick.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
http://www.kcra.com/article/woman-falls-off-foresthill-bridge-while-taking-selfie/9236698 This lady lucked out and had a soft-enough of a landing, after a fall of 60 feet (not 730).by Ohnivy-Drak - General Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tiogaopen.htm The norm is mid-May. There's been less snow/storms in recent years, thus the earlier road opening dates. Wouldn't anticipate that for this year, but who knows. You should probably have some contingency plans, though.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Spectacular. Who recognizes some of the peaks?by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotelove2kwilt Thanks for the info. Regarding "not-Curry" - is this your way of not calling it by its new name?! I'll never stop calling it Curry Village, and that goes for all the other names that have been changed as well. :-) Rename it Thompson Village. Though you might need to be a Bay Area sports fan to get the context.by Ohnivy-Drak - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
What would possess a person to do something like this? Perhaps kleptomania. Otherwise, I don't get it. Odds are: college kid(s)?by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Sad news. He had been planning on releasing some new books, was looking forward to reading them. RIP.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Hopefully by mid-June, but I'll guess early July. Who knows if there will be other storm systems between now and then.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Oh no...there's simply no words. Just really unfortunate.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
http://www.kcra.com/article/100-foot-stretch-of-yosemite-road-cracks-opens/9087329by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What is considered the official Snow Creek fall? Would that be the section that you can see from the Mirror Lake area, at the SC/Tenaya confluence? Or is it higher up, and cautiously reachable scrambling beyond the long switchback of the SC trail?by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteMattDaddy56 I hadn't seen the article, but just returned from a hike to Clark Point that day and went down to Curry to stop at the mountain shop. Noticed a helicopter hovering over the 4 mile area for a long time and knew that something had gone bad. Love our SAR folks, but always get an eerie feeling when I see the heli get deployed. Heli Rescue/Recovery When I see/hear a helicopter, Iby Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
They have Oroville down to 80%. Don Pedro up to 99%. San Luis maintaining at 95%by Ohnivy-Drak - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
It looks like weather will be clear next few days. Conditions should be great.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Was just thinking about this. To think that in the last few years, it was shocking to see how low the level was. Seemed to be 80-90% empty. What about the San Luis Reservoir along the 152? I recall the days when the water was fairly close to road level, decades ago. Now you can hike out to the middle. I read an article last summer that it was at its lowest levels in 25 years. Now it's clby Ohnivy-Drak - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Very cool video. The fall is really flowing this year. Happy to see the skies were clear enough some days for people to enjoy. Are the crowds as large as usual?by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Nice to hear. I guess the skies were pretty clear for 3-4 days last week, perhaps Sat - Mon, maybe Tue? Starting Wednesday, perhaps not. Any reports from this past weekend?by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Let's continue the tradition, a thread every year. We're right in the middle of the window. Conditions must be a mixed bag, at best? I'd say they've likely been awful, but any official reports?by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There are similar sections after you've reached the top of the Koip Peak Pass switchbacks, sketchy areas where you really need to watch your footing. Or down the steep gully/chute you go. Not a whole lot of margin for error when it's not icy/slippery. Sorry to hear about the person that lost his/her life on the 4.5 miler.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Some dam news: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/14/oroville-dam-california-officials-ignored-warnings-risk-collapse/ http://www.sciencealert.com/investigations-into-the-oroville-dam-crisis-suggest-thousands-more-could-be-at-risk-of-failure http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/2/13/14598042/oroville-dam-flood-evacuationby Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
That's decently-sized. Is that pretty normal, or can it get bigger/taller? Nice pile on Muir's Fern Ledge too. iPhoney: nice nickname. (cr)Apple does make fake phones A hole on the actual wall/nose itself where the benchmarker used to be? Similar to the hole where the marker might have sat on Eagle Peak? Guess I'll take a look sometime. From old publications, there used to be a woodenby Ohnivy-Drak - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
From the webcam, it doesn't seem like there's much of a snowcone. But perhaps the camera angle isn't ideal. The version I've seen wasn't tall at all, 2-3 years ago in Feb during the Horsetail window. The trail was open to the top, so I went all the way up and came back down. There wasn't much of a snowcone, barely even a mound at the base. Afterwards, poked around the El Cap nose for the benby Ohnivy-Drak - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Hopefully the Oroville Dam is all fixed up before the next series of storms.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Anybody hike/scramble up to the UYF snowcone? Just wondering how large it is this year.by Ohnivy-Drak - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Best wishes on your birthday. Keep hiking, you're an inspiration.by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Based on current data, any guesstimates on run-off/waterfall volume for this year vs. what it was in 2011?by Ohnivy-Drak - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion