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Re: Trip Report - Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne - 4 days ago
Nice report and pics. Thanks for posting.by The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: Back to square one - 10 days ago
Thanks for your efforts, Balzaccom.by The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for April 23, 2025 - 2 months ago
Thank you for posting these. I always click the "yes" button at the bottom of the page where they ask if the page was helpful or not. Hopefully, this feedback will keep them funded.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: NY Times article on Job Cuts at Yosemite - 4 months ago
Paywallby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: video on the mess in Yosemite - 9 months ago
😲😲😲ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Experience Obtaining a Permit to Film in a National Park (you probably need one, too) - 9 months ago
QuoteNot quite The Geezer, but getting there ...and I'd be shocked if ANY of them are getting fined for not getting a permit. Kara and Nate were threatened with a fine and may have actually been fined a few years ago. They documented it on their YouTube channel.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Using a backpack permit for entry? - 9 months ago
It's called gaming the system, and yes, it's unethical.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Trip Report: Modified High Sierra Camp Loop - 11 months ago
Great report and pics! That's one of my favorite areas of the Sierra, especially Vogelsang pass. I agree that pictures just don't do it justice.by The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: TM, WW Lodges - 1 year ago
Good news! thanks!by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Amazing Virtual Yosemite Photo page - 1 year ago
Pretty cool, thanks!by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Happy birthday, chick-on! 
- 1 year ago
Happy (belated) Birthday, Chick-on! Hope you're still hiking.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: White Wolf Lodge - 1 year ago
Quoteeeek Looks like White Wolf and the High Sierra Camps are required to be maintained and operated. Sounds like there's cause for breach of contract.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: White Wolf Lodge - 1 year ago
Wow! Sounds like it took a senator to get the ball rolling...by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for January 31, 2024 - 1 year ago
QuoteDavidK42 Wow...that one was really brief! I hope they're OK up there! they posted a report for Feb 7 so I think all is wellby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Half Dome and the Sierra crest from about 20,000 feet up - 1 year ago
Image no showing for me. Edit: Took a while to load. Showing now, thanks for postingby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Finding the Sierra Point Trail - 1 year ago
QuoteHumpal Zoom in to see the Sierra Point handrail: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12iivhp2Fj7I60Fn-Dh3goxWZxbkl-faE/view?usp=drivesdk View from the Vernal Falls Trail Wednesday December 26th, 2023. :< cjh Access denied when I clicked on your linkby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: They're back! Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for December 20, 2023 - 1 year ago
Thanks for posting. I love these reports! I live in the east and we don't get Sierra reports in the news, but from what I have seen I thought there would be more snow... Edit: It's coming..https://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,98652,98652#msg-98652by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Early July Rafferty Creek to Vogelsang? - 1 year ago
Way back in the day, when the high Sierra camps would open, (is anybody here old enough to remember that?😜) they usually opened around July 4 with Vogelsang opening maybe a week after that. So early July *might* be ok, depending on the snowpack.by The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: Yosemite National Park Announces Park Entry Reservation Pilot for Summer 2024  - 1 year ago
Quoteeeek YOSEMITE VALLEY, Calif. Reservations will be available for purchase online beginning at 8 a.m. (PST) on Jan. 5, 2024, . So, If I have a lifetime pass, I still have to pay to enter the park?? And if my desired dates aren't available, can I buy a reservation on ebay?by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: White Wolf Lodge - 1 year ago
QuoteCoolburn Any bets on whether WW, TML, or the HSC'a actually open next year? https://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?17,98575by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Does Rafferty Creek dry up this time of year? - 1 year ago
Glad you had a good hike. Thanks for the follow up.by The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: Transport to Mono Meadow TH - 1 year ago
QuoteGreyhkr Backpacking Yosemite with your son, How good does it get? -Ken Exactly. Good times!by The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: Aramark Closes Vogelsang and Merced High Soerra Camps - 1 year ago
More info: https://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?17,98575by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: High Sierra Camps in 2024 - 1 year ago
QuoteNot quite The Geezer, but getting there 1. And what of people who have held reservations for the last several years whose reservations got cancelled? 2. I wish they wouldn't be opaque about why they're not opening Vogelsang and Merced Lake, and explain how opening the other camps is different. 3. Are they going to revert to "Tuolumne Meadows High Sierra Camp"? Well, at least thby The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: Does Rafferty Creek dry up this time of year? - 1 year ago
Rafferty can dry up this time of year, but maybe this year there will still be some flow due to the large snowpack from last season. Maybe you'll get a first hand report. BTW, be mindful of the weather. Snow is predicted this weekend. see the link below. https://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,98566by The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: Half Dome Hikers Struck by Lightning and Another Fell onto the N Ledge Last Thrusday - 1 year ago
Quotebalzaccom And yes, there is a "cave" on Half Dome: https://mrhalfdome.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/the-cave/ Thanksby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Half Dome Hikers Struck by Lightning and Another Fell onto the N Ledge Last Thrusday - 1 year ago
There's a cave on top of HD? Where?by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Yosemite Observer Dashboard - 1 year ago
Nice website, thanks for the link.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: YNP and Mahler’s 3rd - 1 year ago
Thanks for the report. It brings back memories of when my son I and did some of the same hikes, back when I was "not quite the geezer". Now time has passed, my son is grown and married and has a son of his own, and I'm a geezer🤣. Enjoy the times with your son. I know I did.by The Other Tom - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Re: High Camps 2024 - 1 year ago
It takes a certain amount of organizational skill and knowledge to operate the camps. It's seasonal work and those workers have moved on after several years of the camps being closed. It will be very hard to get that back and unfortunately, IMO, may never happen. Who would train the new workers? Unfortunately, the knowledge base is gone. I know others would be glad to see them go becauseby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
