Here's to more snow...by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There was super heavy snowfall in 2016-2017 that destroyed some accommodations outside the park on the east side; perhaps that lead to a decision not to open the HSCs that summer? I don't remember (and I'm sure the info is on this site if we dig back into posts from 2017). But saying they're just going to give you a refund is not an encouraging sign. I was willing to cut Aramark some slack iniby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
1. Were the HSCs closed in 2019 too? 2. What pandemic? It's 2022, not 2020. I guess for Aramark, any excuse not to do something will do. I have friends staying in the Ahwahnee next month, am curious for their report of their stay.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for March 8, 2022by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/update-for-march-1-2022.htmby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/update-for-february-22-2022.htmby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/update-for-february-15-2021.htmby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
TM winter conditions update 01 February 2022by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Well, from the picture it seemed to me that the photo was taken on the western side of the ridge (or on the saddle) that tops out at its north end at Johnson peak, and that the lake is the lake just to the southwest of Johnson peak (and NNE of Reymann lake as the crow flies). Then I used a search engine to look for "Obata lake", and found this: https://tedmuller.us/Outdoor/Hiking/2012/by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Tuolumne Meadows winter conditions 18 January 2022by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
The first stat they present - parks with largest number of SAR incidents - is sort of interesting, but they provide no analysis or context whatsoever. Your blog comment about Mt. Whitney being in SEKI accounting for the apparently high number of incidents there is more than they provide. I'm curious, for example, in the number of incidents per number of visitors, but they don't present statisby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - General Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/update-for-december-28-2021.htmby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the info. The admonition about not walking in ski tracks is up on the Yosemite NPS site: "A Note on Etiquette Along the groomed portion of Glacier Point Road, snowshoers should stay to the edges of the groomed road – outside the parallel ski tracks for classic cross-country skiers. The wide center lane is for skate skiing (a style of cross -ountry skiing that uses a sby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Does anyone know if Glacier Point Road will be groomed for skiers and snowshoers this year?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Hear hear! Several times I've had a campground reservation (or a wilderness permit) that I couldn't use, and I've had reservations I did use where the group decided to cut the trip short by a day once we were already encamped. I always cancel (if in advance) or let the rangers know (if already on site) so that others can use the spot/permit. This past summer I had a new experience with thby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - General Discussion
Will the TM wilderness permit station be open?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
You mean this one? https://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?1,92953,92994by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - General Discussion
You pay for an ambulance, whether someone ran into you while you were standing on the sidewalk or you broke your leg jumping off the roof trying imitate superman. You pay for a plumber, whether you broke the pipe yourself it just corroded over time. You pay for a carpenter to rebuild your house, whether it was struck by lightning or you burned it down yourself. You pay for an electrician,by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - General Discussion
Thanks for the info. A shame they couldn't have started this in 2020.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Does this mean that all roads through these forests are closed (including CA-120 and CA-108), or just the forest service roads?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for posting this. Amazing trip. Glad your adjustment plan worked out.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Not clear to me how this helps them: YARTS leaves from the valley late to TM in the afternoon. They want a ride to TM earlier in the day. Did I miss something?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I see bike rentals at Curry and Yosemite Lodge, but not at Yosemite Village: https://www.travelyosemite.com/alerts/2020/covid-19-guest-updates/by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks to all for the input.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Thanks to both of you for the responses.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
YARTS is running. You can find the schedules on the YARTS site.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I have a reservation for several nights at TM later this summer - 2 cars, 6 people. Looks like part of my party will only be able to arrive two days late. I understand from the NPS site that the second vehicle will be able to get into the park by providing a copy of my reservation and my driver's license: "Groups with lodging or camping reservations, wilderness permits, and Half Dome permiby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
You're correct about the climbers' trail splitting from the trail to BL, look in Shaffer's book for a description. Even if you stay on the climbers' trail, all is not lost - near the base of cathedral peak, the climbers' trail heads north, you can go off trail downslope to Budd Lake, or south toward the saddle between Cathedral and Echo peaks, then head east .by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I think there's some confusion, at least in my own mind. There are no shuttle buses running within the valley this year (nor were there last year). In past years there were shuttles (a) in the eastern end of the valley (frequent, the Valley shuttle) as far west at Yosemite Lodge going to Ahwahnee, Happy Isles, etc., and (b) in the western end of the valley out to Bridalveil falls (less frequeby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I guess those of us watching on zoom will have to bring our own wine.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra