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The Mist Trail Corridor Project - Is there a plan? - 8 months ago
Received NPS's email about the The Mist Trail Corridor Project. I browsed through the pages but failed to find a current proposal. Is there a proposal that we are supposed to view and comment on, or are they just seeking input on our current experience? https://www.nps.gov/yose/getinvolved/misttrailcorridor.htm I must assume they already have a draft of a proposal on what they want to but Iby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Upper pines reservation for Sat. night. Can I enter the park on Sunday? - 9 months ago
QuoteNot quite The Geezer, but getting there Campground etiquette: If you're not going to use the reservation, cancel it NOW so someone else can use it. I agree with you (in general). And we ended up camping there so it's a moot point. But I considered it because it was a last minute trip and we were staying in Lee Vining the first night and I wasn't sure where we would be the second night.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Peter Starr - 9 months ago
Thank you for posting this. It was an interesting story to read. I had not heard it before.by recycling1991 - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Upper pines reservation for Sat. night. Can I enter the park on Sunday? - 10 months ago
We have a campground reservation at upper pines for this Saturday night, but we may not stay there. We may stay outside the park. Can I enter the park with my reservation Sunday morning? The guidelines seem to stay you can enter the park for 3 days including your reservation but I was not sure.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Yosemite park Aramark worker Indicted for strangling and raping a coworker - 1 year ago
Let me start by saying this is terrible and I hope if the allegations are proven true, the guy ends up behind bars for a long time. But it got me thinking, should one have an expectation that one's fellow colleagues are background checked? Is there regulation that that needs to be done? Does the situation change when it is workplace housing? I don't like Aramark and I am not defending theby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Scared of the roads in Yosemite - 1 year ago
LOL @ "scenic" road. I have been married for 25+ years to someone who doesn't like heights or steep drop offs and I love mountains. :-) We do get into fights on these roads as he is quite stressed but he also likes to be the driver. Often I end up taking over. But he recovers once the scary part of the road is over and we go on our merry way. Do you recover once that part of theby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Curry Village food offerings? - 1 year ago
Went there end of April and had pizza. Pizza was good as usual. Didn't try other items. The Mountain Room was surprisingly good. We had a nice rose and the soup and bread were excellent. Very good service too. I suggest making reservations now as they get booked.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Californians who can’t sell their businesses – because LA is their landlord - 1 year ago
I had read this too and found it interesting. I did not know about the private home/lease model. I knew DWP owned a lot of land in the Eastern Sierra but not about the homes and businesses in Bishop. What DWP is doing seems rather petty to me. I used to use this app called On X Hunt to see landownership. I remember traveling on 395 and so many properties came up as City of Los Angeles or sby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Glacier Nat'l Park or Banff/Lake Louise - 1 year ago
My mom turns 80 this year and I'd like to take her on an ~3 to 4 day trip. I have previously taken her to Tetons/Yellowstone, and Zion/Bryce and she enjoyed both trips very much. I am trying to decide between Glacier and Banff/Lake Louise. I have seen Glacier myself and loved it. People say Banff/Lake Louise area is beautiful. She can't hike but she can walk quite well on flat even ground.by recycling1991 - General Discussion
Ahwahnee - Outside/porch area completely closed off - 1 year ago
We were in Yosemite a couple of weeks ago and I always like to stop by the Ahwahnee. Kind of like a ritual. We parked along Northside drive and walked there, to avoid dealing with the understaffed/slow valet, and paying the fee. Got to the back of the hotel and the whole area is fenced off. You cannot enter the hotel from the back. I am not sure how the cottage guests go in. Just mentionby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Greetings from Alaska! - 1 year ago
Welcome to our state, but please keep your mosquitoes in your home state. Alaska has so much more space; they can roam everywhere. No reason to come to tiny California. (from someone headed up north in a couple of months)by recycling1991 - General Discussion
Re: Rockfall closure of the John Muir Trail - 1 year ago
Was up there a couple of weeks ago. We went up to Nevada falls via the mist trail and would have preferred to go back down JMT, but did not attempt it , due to the closure. Though there were people going around the closed signs. Looking at the photos now it looks pretty easy to go over the rocks. We were partially also concerned with the ice at that top section. Two summers ago in the Tby recycling1991 - General Discussion
Re: Off-highway biking in Yosemite Park #1 Foresta Road (long) - 1 year ago
I agree. Always been interested in exploring these areas.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Happy birthday, chick-on! 
- 1 year ago
A very Belated Happy Birthday! Hope you had a nice time. Best wishes. Happy treks.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: If you see these, push them over, Yosemite National Park says - 1 year ago
Saw this while looking for an article and it reminded me of this thread. :-) https://adventure-journal.com/products/cairn-kicker-t-shirt-1 Merry Christmas.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Entrance Lines to Yosemite - 1 year ago
I have been to Yosemite four times in the past few months. Three times all was well at the entrance. Once it was awful. The terrible one was the Sunday of the Juneteenth weekend. 2 solid hours at the Big Oak Flat entrance. Got to the entrance gate at noon. Went to Yosemite a few weeks ago, on a Thursday. Got to the Arch Rock (El Portal) entrance at 7:30 am or so am. There was no line asby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: "A Yosemite Camping Trip, 1889" by Joseph N. Le Conte - 1 year ago
I paid $10 for mine. Now I feel like I gotta a deal :-)by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
"A Yosemite Camping Trip, 1889" by Joseph N. Le Conte - 1 year ago
Picked up a copy of this book at our local used bookstore. What a delightful little book. Easy and enjoyable reading. It's a journal written by the geologist Le Conte's son, when he was 19. He went on a camping trip to Yosemite with his dad and a few classmates. Especially enjoyable for the northern California folks as the journal includes his trip from Berkeley to Yosemite via boat (to Stby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: 93-Year-Old Summits Half Dome - 1 year ago
Good for him. That's impressive. When I was a teenager, I hiked Half Dome with a family friend who at the time seemed very old to me (he was maybe 45). He commented you know you're old when everyone keeps telling you good job on the trail. Well, years later I hiked HD when I was 40 myself. It was a hard climb for me and I struggled near the top. There was a group of middle school kids hikiby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Sycamores in Escalon along 120 - 1 year ago
The friend replied this about the car: 1919 to 1923 Model TT Ford 1 ton truck So those trees about a 100 years old now (2023).by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Pika Fire Update, July 13, 2023 - 1 year ago
I wouldn't have a problem with letting the fire burn if we were more consistent. We have discussed this in the past on this board too, but I dislike the picking and choosing of what we save/what we don't, and then being absolutist about it. The example from my own backyard is the San Pablo bay. Qe spent lots of money "restoring the marshlands" to their "natural" way. But gby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Highway 120 to park border - 1 year ago
Wow, that's still a lot of snow. I like going up there if the boat taxi is running so I don't have to walk the sides of the lake and can just get across.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Visitor Access Management Plan - 1 year ago
I got the email notification too and plan on responding.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Sycamores in Escalon along 120 - 1 year ago
I love going to Yosemite, but I also very much enjoy the drive from Northbay, once we pass 99 (east of 99). Whether it's 4, 120, 140 driving through Farmington, Knights Ferry or Hornitos. Going through Escalon I wondered about the majestic sycamores that line 120/Jackson Ave and wrote their historical society asking about their history. They responded with this recently digitized photo. Thoughby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: pay to park at the Ahwahnee - 2 years ago
:-):-)by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: pay to park at the Ahwahnee - 2 years ago
Been to Yosemite twice the past month and both times paid up for visiting the Ahwahnee. Don't like it, but paid it. We ate there, so it came down to $10. What bothers me is that they charge and don't staff it. Second time there we were a large group (5 cars) and they had only attendant working. We tipped the guy generously as he was working very hard. If you're going to charge for parking, yby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Historical Fire Dates? - 2 years ago
Maybe firemappers' history part answers your question: https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6dc469279760492d802c7ba6db45ff0e If you click on the ... near fire history, you can change the transparency which may make it easier to see the boundaries. Similarly changing the basemap can help.by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: 2 - 3 hour wait to get into the park? Anyone with current info? - 2 years ago
We went on a Sunday a few weeks ago (in May), arrived around 2 pm, and had maybe two cars in front of us. So it's somewhat random. I think one of the issues is that light at the Ferguson rockfall. It bunches up people creating a big line instead of a more even flow. In general cell service seemed rather poor (we have AT&T) so I don't know how accurate traffic data are, but I wonder if befby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Just go - Time to see the Park :-) - 2 years ago
QuoteeLeMeNOhPee I was planning on going this weekend, the 10-11, but now there's 60% chance of rain and Tstorms. Really don't want to cancel but my companion is concerned about being outside in the rain for 2 days since we're camping. I feel like it'll be one of those very scattered storms with little rain. Any advice? I would go and then if it's miserable, come home early. This year is so uniby recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: Hwy 140 - will they ever repair the slide area? - 2 years ago
All the links were very cool, including the time-lapse. I like the rockshed design. Different topic, but saw it on the Caltrans District 10 page. The big moment; Crews from Caltrans District's 9 & 10 meet up as they clear snow, reaching the Sonora Pass Summit. https://fb.watch/k_m9icqnaf/by recycling1991 - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
