Based on recent weather, it looks like the High Sierra Camps may soon cancel their fifth year in a row. Can anyone imagine circumstances under which Aramark might run the camps this year? In their favor, they have already given up on Vogelsang—the highest altitude camp—and Merced Lake—the largest camp by far—proposing only Glen Aulin, Sunrise, and May Lake camps to open. The Sunrise Laby UtahBrian - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteSierra Miguel What's the other 20%? They dig up a lot of insects and try to catch fish. Sometimes when elk and deer are calving they'll try to catch a fawn but I don't think they can catch many if they're healthy. I hear about black bears occasionally getting one in Idaho and GRIZ will sometimes get a reindeer calf in Alaska. They'll also eat carcases of dead animals and they can smell tby UtahBrian - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If concessionaires could set their own prices, surely there would never be space at the Ahwahnee for under $2000 a night in the summer. The Park Service is clearly capping prices somehow with the idea that capitalism and profit motives should be tempered by lotteries and long term advance reservations in the parks. At Grand Canyon, the capitalist Havasupai Indians charge $350 per person to camby UtahBrian - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion