Is the Cubs hat a prerequisite for traveling with Ursa Minor? Thanks for the TR.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Yeah, this seems to happen every year at Nevada or Vernal Falls. What a shame. To be fair, there's a railing at one section on the north side of the falls, and you'd have to be pretty foolish to ignore that railing. But there's no railing along the lip of the cliff south of the falls. We were up there last year in June and sat on that south side close to the raging water (and it WAS ragingby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I haven't checked on this in a while either - last time was a few months ago when I looked in PACER to see where the litigation stands, and they were still horsing around with pre-trial stuff. And I haven't looked at the USPTO database in a while, but the last time I checked the USPTO had dismissed the cancellation actions, saying that since there were already court proceedings involving the samby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Amazing timing. I am envious. Hope your nephew and his crew aren't expecting that kind of luck every time! Am also encouraged by your report of diminished smoke. We're planning to be in the TM are for a few days next week. Thanks for sharing.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Nope, that stretch is smack-dab on the way to the Big Oak Flat Road entrance. I don't know the Forest Service roads north of 120 well enough to know if you can detour around and still get to the BOFR entrance.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Great pix of the flowers, I especially like the reflections of Minarets in the lakes. Thanks for posting.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Ditto. A totally plausible explanation.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Nice write-up and nice pics. Tx.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I don't what Aramark's site said yesterday or the day before or a month ago, but at least of this moment it makes no mention of the TM area shuttle, only of the valley shuttles and the once-a-day bus from the valley to TM, and includes a link to the YARTS site. I think the lack of a TM area shuttle is something that both Aramark and the Yosemite offices need to hear about.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Coolburn, I saw that page and linked to it upthread. But that's a 2-year-old fare schedule and JR said he saw a new one posted, I wonder where he saw it. If there's a new schedule out, then as JR said that would suggest that Aramark is planning on (or is already) running the bus. But if they're removing the signposts with the schedule on them from the stops along the route, as Hikerchick says,by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Good question. Where'd you see the new fare schedule?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Absolute idiocy on the part of the NPS, especially the lawyers who drew up the contract. They KNOW there are parking issues throughout the park. And they know that people use the TM shuttle. So instead of doing something to alleviate congestion, they let Aramark eliminate the shuttle, thereby encouraging groups of hikers to bring TWO vehicles to the park (and in so doing, burn up twice asby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Interesting question. The current issue of "Yosemite Today", the newspaper-like publication you can get upon entering the park, says that the shuttle is running - see page 12 of the pdf file - but it says it runs 8-5. That same page says that the hikers' bus leaves from Curry Village in the morning and returns from the TM visitors' center in the afternoon. So apparently this section haby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Interesting work, particularly the finding there was a "positive surface change" after the rockfall, in contrast to the "negative surface change indicative of material loss" usually seen after such events, indicating that the rock underneath had rotated out as a result of the rockfall and will therefore itself fall at some (not predictable) future time. However, what caughtby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebuster QuoteNot quite The Geezer, but getting there Absolutely you can cache food in the bear boxes by the trailheads - that's what they're there for. No, that's not what they are there for. The bear boxes where put there so that backpackers could store food and scented items they were not taking on their trip, so that bears don't become habituated. They were not put there to make it moby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Nice, TFS. What route did you take up Polly Dome?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Absolutely you can cache food in the bear boxes by the trailheads - that's what they're there for.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There are chairlifts in the picture so it is apparently the entrance to the parking lot at Badger Pass.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for posting the photo - the views of the Cathedral Range from that area are some of my favorite anywhere.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Dunno about the dates when camping was/wasn't permitted, but the current trailheads map shows camping at Lower Cathedral.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
What Chick-On said.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotebasilbop QuoteNot quite The Geezer, but getting there According to that first image, there's more foot traffic by upper Yosemite Falls and Nevada falls than at Glacier Point, even though GP is accessible by car. Seems to me something's wrong with the methodology by which that image was made. It's possible that Yosemite Falls/the Mist Trail get more traffic annually than the GP area traiby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
According to that first image, there's more foot traffic by upper Yosemite Falls and Nevada falls than at Glacier Point, even though GP is accessible by car. Seems to me something's wrong with the methodology by which that image was made. Perhaps one of the problems is that the data was collected only from hikers and runners. Those two trails are undoubtedly the two most popular out of the valby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Love the aerial photo. Especially how comparing YV in the foreground to GCOTT in the background gives a sense of the depth of the latter. Thanks for posting.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
QuoteExplorer10K How do I add photos etc here. Looks like my options are to post to a website first. Yeah? B Correct - post to another site and then link to it here. Which is why the photos in many of the older posts don't show anymore - Google shut down Picasa.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
photos from the webcams showing water flows where they're not usually found (i.e. where they only occur during a good soaking) (now I see these links aren't to static photos...):by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Happy B-day and thanks for all the photos and advice you've shared in this forum over the years.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Why we go all year, all weather, all the time, all day, all night, all hours, all this and that Doesn't get old Chick-On, you hit the nail on the head. Doesn't get old. Thanks for the photos.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Dunno, but yesterday Maria Cantwell got Ryan Zinke's goat by asking him why he was chartering flights while trying to raise entrance fees at the national parks for which his department is responsible:by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If the snow the webcams are showing holds for a few days, go for it - totally worth it, and not too difficult a hike. And if you can do it on a weekday, even better - fewer people.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra