Lenticular clouds are common along high mountain/desert borders (which includes Rainier)by Vince - General Discussion
A wise person once said to me, "Only the boring are bored." If you need to be spoon-fed your entertainment, stay with Vegas or Reno. The rest of Nevada isn't for you. Anywhere outside of the metro areas will provide you with clear night skies. I also would recommend visiting some of the numerous ghost towns like Rhyolite (not far from Vegas/Pahrump/Death Valley), Aurora (just a feby Vince - General Discussion
Have you seen telltale parallel scratches on an erratic? I don't remember any but there's this TV show on showing exactly that, I'm thinking the boulder he's showing is not really an erraticby Vince - General Discussion
Look up on IMDB "The Hills Have Thighs" and there is your answerby Vince - General Discussion
The thing about the plowing is this. It doesn't really matter. Every year we go through this, how deep is the snow. How many fallen trees. When does the road open. Round and round we go.by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The space shuttle and other 'nauts pack out their trash from orbit. Why is that? Why not just launch the waste products into the atmosphere? I'm pretty sure it would never make it closer than maybe 50 miles above ground before being completely incineratedby Vince - General Discussion
Typical April.by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
OK so what are we going to do about this?by Vince - General Discussion
SR 89 NO TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS ARE REPORTED FOR THIS AREA. NO TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS ARE REPORTED FOR THIS AREA.by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Interesting since the cannabalism was well-documented in diariesby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I figure with this current storm Kings Canyon proper will open April 23by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Many sources list White Mt as third highest in CA but this one doesn't Article from Nevada State Library and Archivesby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
This ran in the paper as a "did you know," I switched it around into a quiz. It's pretty easy. 1. Name the average surface temperature of Lake Tahoe for March and for August. 2. Name the driveable (paved) passes over the Sierra. (Does Tehachapi count?) 3. What year did the grizzly bear disappear from the Sierra? 4. How many lakes in the Sierra 20 feet across or larger? 5.by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Any attempt to protect anything else?by Vince - General Discussion
Firearms are in Yosemite and have been for decades. And did you notice until just now?by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
My analysis of Franks analysis has been deleted, therefore 100 percent of eeek is something Gimme a break Frank your analysis should have been the deleted one. Nice tryby Vince - General Discussion
Saturday evnin and Sunday evnin Mercury and Venus will be very, very close in the sky (yet 50 million miles apart) so when the sun goes down, keep looking, hopefully it won't be cloudyby Vince - General Discussion
First one to identify where I took this picture wins gamillions a winillions of thoumillions of points Peace No real points, just pointedby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Opens April 1. Looks like fun, I love steam locomotives and narrow gauge is great, too Article hereby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Bring back tulelake then I'll be impressedby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Excellent. She's on itby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A photo from a 737 between Oakland and Renoby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
You can move this to one of the other threads but I figured it should be up top. LA Times clip: Half Dome hiking permits sell like hot cakes Warning, weekend hikers: If you’re planning an assault on Half Dome in May or June, your time has just about run out. In their first 48 hours of peddling hiker permits, under a new system designed to relieve weekend and holiday crowding onby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Permits aren't transferable, right? Might be a reservation for a permit and not the permit itself. That's how Mount Whitney does things.by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Looks like we have a mild El Nino with waves of snow. I've noticed the snow here in Reno (more predicted tonight) are very, very light and melt quickly. I wouldn't plan on Tioga opening anywhere near June 1 the way things are going. Come back in 3 months to see if I'm right...I'd say later June perhaps into July. Just in time for some repaving LOLby Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotequmqats Only needed for Fri, Sat, Sun, Holiday ascents to the summit of Half Dome. Wonderful video, re-enforces my desire to do HD again next summer, its been quite a while. I wonder what the #'s of climbers will be for the year. The controversy over the permit system could well spark an increase. To tell you the truth, I think you may be correct. Plan your vacation ahead of time.by Vince - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotemrcondron Vince, If things were only that simple. We live in an extraordinarily narrow window that supports our form of life. We need protection from the elements outside of a temperature band of only a few degrees. Our bodies are very intolerant to even minor variations in our environment. Parts per million can kill us while parts per billion degrade us. You have no evidence of thisby Vince - General Discussion
Yet we're talking an increase from .00038 to .00043 as ending the world? Now, c'mon, do you see anything at all approaching the drowsy 1 percent? Anywhere?by Vince - General Discussion