I called again, and this time the operator said there are conflicting stories. This guy told me perhaps mid to late June. I guess a problem is whether the road will be suitable for the buses. It probably will be running sooner than July, but they can't give a firm date on when the Tuolumne Meadows bus will be running. I was given the number of the dispatch and was told to inquire about a weekby y_p_w - General Discussion
I take issue with characterizing workers in national parks as "illegals". It's pretty clear the issue is with getting legal temporary work visas, so using the word "illegals" seems nothing more than a ploy for sensationalism. I found it interesting last year when I was visiting several parks. We got to meet seasonal workers (mostly college age students) from all around thby y_p_w - General Discussion
Thanks for the conditions report. I'm heading off in three weeks from Tenaya to about the Clouds Rest/John Muir Trail junction, and exiting through Happy Isles. I'm wondering if maybe I should bring along some snowshoes. I was in Desolation Wilderness last weekend, and came across a group with snowshoes to get over a snowed in pass. I figure it was also a good way to get used to the altitude.by y_p_w - General Discussion
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm All entrances and roads are open.by y_p_w - General Discussion
It's been a low snowfall year and all park roads should already be open. I don't know about waiting for the entrance stations to open. My experience is that when the entrance stations aren't open, you can just go through (they're not gated) and pay the next time you enter. At least that's what I saw at the Arch Rock (Hwy 140) entrance station when I entered at about 8 PM. I've seen one parkby y_p_w - General Discussion
RobE wrote: > Here is a timely article: > > http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=23540 Yeah - on ReserveAmerica.com and recreation.gov, they have information for NPS sites but haven't been able to handle reservations for at least a week or two. I've been able to book Memorial Day at a Forest Service campground in the Lake Tahoe area. There should be no problem with rby y_p_w - General Discussion
See if this works: https://smsworldbeg.dncinc.com/yosemite/BookingEngine.aspx?&wsi=&rad=6/13/2007&rdd=6/14/2007&rca=2&rcc=0&rcp= You didn't say how many (they charge extra for more than two), so I entered two.by y_p_w - General Discussion
Moondust wrote: > Is there any way to tell on-line which days have cabins > available besides actually making a reservation? We will be > there the night of the 13th and I'd love to see about getting a > cabin, but I have to give the info to some other folks before I > actually pay. http://www.yosemitepark.com/Reservations.aspx That's the website for the Delaware North (the autby y_p_w - General Discussion
AlpenGlühen wrote: > Does anyone know if the Bridalveil Creek Campground is open > yet? > > The NPS site wasn't much help. http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/campground.htm It says they expect it to be open by mid-June, and as of now it says it was updated on May 22, 2007.by y_p_w - General Discussion
mrcondron wrote: > [ img]http://yosemitephotos.net/main.php?g2_itemId=2980 > This is the link I tried without the spaces of course. > > I'm still trying to get a photo to post. No luck yet. > > > Post Edited (05-24-07 09:11) "Right click" over the image where it says "view image" (at least in Firefox) to see the URL or "copy image location&quoby y_p_w - General Discussion
mrcondron wrote: > I think the lesson here is to not stand and face a sow with a > cub. I would suggest that anyone who runs into a sierra black > bear sow with cubs move away from the bears without spending a > lot of time looking at them. Facing and looking are threat > gestures. Let's see. Here's a guy who knows it's a grizzly sow with cubs, and he's sticking around to takby y_p_w - General Discussion
letterknit wrote: > I still think the rash spreads the more you scratch it. At > least on me. So I avoid scratching at all costs... not like > you can really scratch red, puffy, blistery skin anyway. I use > steroid cream, it's the only thing that helps it start to go > away (although it seems to take forever to work). I would take > the pills if I had a systemic or whole bby y_p_w - General Discussion
I'd just note that there are so many different varieties of poison oak, which have slightly different appearances . I see poison oak in every local hiking area, and I marvel at how different it looks depending on genetic differences and/or growing conditions. If it managed to grow in sunlight, the leaves tend to be smaller and often reddish. Shaded ones seem to have larger leaves and aren't alby y_p_w - General Discussion
Vince wrote: > Hume Lake is owned by a Christian organization. Please visit > humelake.org for more information. That's just the Hume Lake Christian Camp. I don't think they own or lease the whole lake, although they have a sprawling complex on the west side of the lake. Their land doesn't seem to have any campground (tent or RV) area. > I am not associated with them at all. I'm jusby y_p_w - General Discussion
Not to mention possible delays at the one-way control light on the 140 detour. I was waiting there up to maybe 10 minutes each way last Feb. It wasn't crowded, so I don't know if the lines there would get long enough that you might need to wait longer than one green light. I'm taking 120 this June, which probably isn't a viable option coming from Southern California.by y_p_w - General Discussion
Penny wrote: > I would love to post some photos - is there a certain size they > have to be? > Or a certain method I need to follow? They have to be hosted somewhere else. I don't believe this message board software accepts attachments. The inclusion of photos seems to be standard message board codes as follows. Here's the URL for my photo of a bear track that I took last Feb near Cby y_p_w - General Discussion
You're not going to get anything reserved in the valley unless you get lucky and there's a cancellation just before you check. Yosemite is just too popular on summer weekends. If you changed it to June 11-14, you could have your choice of cabins and tent cabins in Curry Village. Camp 4 is all that's left in the valley, although I hear the climbers can be a little territorial about the place.by y_p_w - General Discussion
Jmesenburg wrote: > What do people do with their fully-loaded packs while going up > and down the cables? Maybe don't go up with a fully loaded pack. This summer I plan on setting up a "base camp", with tent up maybe 3 miles away and bear canister stashed nearby. I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to be bringing a large daypack or a wilderness backpack for this trip. If it's theby y_p_w - General Discussion
I guess there are varying opinions on how the land should be managed. I heard something about a 19th century Miwok girl who lived in the Valley floor as a child, but returned late in her lifetime. She noted that the valley floor was "dirty" in that they couldn't see clear across the valley like she remembered from her childhood. Apparently the Miwoks would periodically burn down treeby y_p_w - General Discussion
http://www.nps.gov/archive/yose/wilderness/bfoodstorage.htm Locations for rentals on the right in the gray area.by y_p_w - General Discussion
http://www.reserveamerica.com/ca/Hume_Lake/Campground/r/campgroundDetails.do?agency=NRRS&parkId=1547 I think you posed this question in another forum. I don't think it's been possible to actually camp among the sequoias since lodging and campgrounds in Giant Forest Village was removed in the late 90's. A campground is not the best thing for the health of sequoia trees with their extremelby y_p_w - General Discussion
letterknit wrote: > There is also a place to get permits at the north park entrance > (Hwy 120) if you want to get your permit on the way in. Yeah - I know. However - the original poster said something about going from the Valley to Tuolumne. Anyone who's going to be in the Valley anyways might as well stop at the main wilderness center, especially if renting a bear canister. I'm prettby y_p_w - General Discussion
awesomepossom wrote: > In June I will need to get from the Valley to Tuolumne. I want > to leave my car in the valley then shuttle up and hike back. > I already checked into YARTS. They won't work because they > don't get to Tuolumne until well after 5:00 which is my > deadline for picking up my permits. Can't you pick up the permits at the Valley wilderness center? That's whaby y_p_w - General Discussion
If you have young kids, I would try to minimize travel on Wawona Road. It's tight and twisty, and as a kid I would have suffered from motion sickness. Ideally I'd recommend Yosemite View Lodge for three straight nights, but it doesn't sound as if that's an option. I just mention food storage because there's no greater buzz-kill for what should be a fun vacation than a bear breaking into your cby y_p_w - General Discussion
I guess the biggest temptation is to try and maximize the daylight hours to do as much sightseeing as possible and check in later at night. Don't do that with food or toiletries in your car. I've certainly heard of Yosemite bears breaking into a car just because of the minty smell of toothpaste or mouthwash in the trunk. They supposedly peel the window frame and once in will claw at the back sby y_p_w - General Discussion
letterknit wrote: > Does anyone know how far the drive is from the Valley to Fish > Camp? Fish Camp is a couple of miles south of the South Entrance. It's just at the edge of the standard park map. I'd estimate 45 min to an hour plus, depending on traffic on Wawona Road. > I think it's about 30 minutes from Yosemite View Lodge to the > Valley. If I had those options, I'd probablby y_p_w - General Discussion
I called the Delaware North (Yosemite official concessionaire) tour desk at (209)372-1240 this morning and asked about the Tuolumne Meadows bus tour, whether it was the same bus used for the hiker's shuttle, and when it might start running. I noted that their website info says it starts in July. The answer was that the bus used for the tour is also used as the hikers' bus, and that with the ligby y_p_w - General Discussion
Bruce Jensen: > This seems to make the use of 10-oz. bear pepper spray illegal > if an attacking human is the offending party; but frankly, if a > guy is coming at me with a knife, he can just eat that 10 > ounces of pepper spray, and I'll deal with the legal > ramifications later. I'm not a weapons enthusiast or anything. However - I did read about a case where someone on a bicby y_p_w - General Discussion
I had to look up what "economic poison" means. It's an obscure term for pesticide. The following article mentions that the EPA regulates bear spray as a pesticide. It would stand to reason that the California Dept of Agriculture (or other agency) might do the same. http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/09/03/news/local/news03.txtby y_p_w - General Discussion
> I am wondering where the mention of the 2.5 oz. limitation > comes from - my bear spray cannisters are something like 10 oz. > plus, and shoot 30 feet or so. The ones that REI sells. I found some mention here from a seller of self-defense OC pepper spray: http://www.peacemakerpepperspray.com/page/894784 CALIFORNIA - It is illegal to purchase, possess, or use any pepper spray that cby y_p_w - General Discussion