I love the TM grill for the basic burger and stuff, great to grab something and sit outside and take in the scenery. What I REALLY love is the pie at the Tioga Pass Resort, about 15-20 minutes drive East of TM, about two miles outside the park. Take a drive out there and get some perspective on the Meadows, have a closer look at Mt. Dana and Tioga Lake, and grab a slice of some of the mostby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebill-e-g QuoteDanTheMan What kind of program do you use to produce this? It's Topo! National Geographic bought them out a few years back. I guess it's this: http://www.rei.com/product/737657 I keep my GPS on whenver I'm hiking.... I have NG TOPO, too - you can also view GPS tracks in Google Earth (free). A GPS, window seat and maps also make airline travel fun!by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
And a quick thought here - you can greatly improve images taken from jet planes by running a quick 'auto levels' (command-shift-L in Photoshop) or 'auto correct' command on images: Nice job getting the shots and getting a window seat that wasn't over the wing and was on the Valley-facing side of the plane!by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteYury Not a lot of snow today on the Half Dome: http://yosemitephotos.net/main.php/v/Yury/YosemiteValley20100607/IMG_2518_Half_Dome.jpg That looks like Starr King to me.by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here's a view of Half Dome from just before noon on Wednesday June 2. Flight path from the east provided a great vantage point, but a little farther north would have been better, as I could barely see the valley, and there's some sun glare and distortion from viewing through the very bottom of the window. Perhaps they don't want folks running around in the snow patch on top?by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
So, refreshing the webcam image, these are same hatchlings from two months ago? Wow . . . growing up! http://www.sportsmansparadiseonline.com/Bald_Eagle_Nest_Cam_P0SF.html And there's always opportunity for shenanigans: http://comics.com/brevity/?DateAfter=2010-04-05&DateBefore=2010-05-18by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Nice! Thanks for taking the time to get the video uploaded & shared, and good job getting the image. Image quality from Quicktime (or for any movie file, really) is all about frame dimensions and kilobytes per second, the kbps you see if you display movie info (command-i on a mac) when a movie is playing. 2000-2500 or so is pretty good and not greatly discernable from 4000+, in my expeby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotemrcondron OK. To stir up the pot again I have been to Hall Road in Turlock very recently and taped Half Dome from there. (Turlock) If anybody wants a one minute DVD of the zoom in zoom out of Half Dome from Turlock let me know. I tried to upload it to youtube but the resulting quality was poor. PM me if you would like a copy to play on your very own TV. It's free. If you have a Mac, tby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Quotetomdisco Quotechick-on Quotevdrummer Quotecampinman7 Vdrummers idea of hiking in from mono meadow sounds good for a back up plan I'm assuming this would increase the hiking distance? If so how much longer? Mono Meadow to Nevada Fall is about 6.5, with modest elevation gain; that's about 3.5 miles more than going to Nevada Fall from Happy Isles. Do you have Tom Harrisonby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Oh, that's right! Thanks.by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotecampinman7 Vdrummers idea of hiking in from mono meadow sounds good for a back up plan I'm assuming this would increase the hiking distance? If so how much longer? Mono Meadow to Nevada Fall is about 6.5, with modest elevation gain; that's about 3.5 miles more than going to Nevada Fall from Happy Isles. Do you have Tom Harrison's Yosemite High Country Trail Map? I recommend gettingby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotecampinman7 any ideas on a back up plan? im sure that there is a high chance this permit will be taken... You could hike to LYV from Mono Meadow trailhead, then exit at Glacier Point or down in the Valley. You'd have to count on hitchhiking back to the car if you leave it at Mono Meadow.by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter What I find interesting is that there is audio with the video. Rare in my experience. Yesterday there were lots of audible bird noises (chirping, unlike sea birds) that sounded relatively close-by. The hosting website has lots of other webcams that seem to function well. There was definitely a dialog of some sort when the male visited the nest to drop off the fish earlier toby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek Quotevdrummeris it some type of rodent, maybe? or maybe a fish. I can't tell from the video. I caught a glimpse of it - it was definitely a fish. Yellowish-brown in color.by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
is it some type of rodent, maybe? or maybe a fish.by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
if you happen to be online at this moment, a still-twitching meal was just brought to the nest by one of the parents.by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
4. We are planning to hike Yosemite Falls, will we need snow shoes especially during the storm? friends of mine (a group of 25 high school students plus adults) just hiked to the top of the falls on saturday 3/27 - they had no problems. didn't go to the bridge across the creek, but had no difficulties getting to the lookout right next to the falls. 5. Should I be worried about water leakby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek Of course I mean unless it snows. Oh, yes, all bets are off in inclement weather, especially since it's going to be adults leading a group of high school kids. Thanks!by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Anyone know if the top of Yosemite Falls can be reached by hiking, without snowshoes, up the Yosemite Falls Trail? I'm considering an excursion up the Yosemite Falls Trail next weekend. The NPS Yosemite Condition web page (http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm) says all trails are open, and doesn't list the Yosemite Falls trail among the exceptions. I experienced a faby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Favoring the oaks makes sense; I don't know a lot about native american culture, but I believe acorns from oaks were an important source of food for those who lived Yosemite Valley.by vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There's a great 1964 study of how vegetation in Yosemite Valley has changed since 1850, a relatively short period of time overall, but incredibly full of changes to the natural plants and trees of the Valley. The study is titled "Influence of Modern Man on the Vegetation of Yosemite Valley", by Robert P. Gibbens and Harold F. Heady, published by the California Agricultural Experiment Sby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm headed to Little Yosemite Valley via the Mono Meadow trailhead with my college age daughter on her first backpacking trip. We're planning to enjoy four days around the spectacular scenery of LYV, and for sure we expect to see many hikers on their way to Half Dome, etc. We're interested in finding a few spots that would avoid some of the crowds, like hiking to the top of Liberty Cap, maybe sby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I like Band Aid Blister Ampoulesby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
In July 2005 I backpacked Murphy Creek - Glen Aulin - Cathedral Lake - Sunrise - Happy Isles with one permit. I think I probably explained my entire route when I picked up my Wilderness Permit, but even if I didn't, there's no way to enter at Murphy Creek and exit at Happy Isles without crossing 120. Not requiring me to have two permits could have been an oversight I guess, or there could haveby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Going back to the 1960's here, but Gibbens & Heady wrote an excellent study of the influence of humans after around 1860: The Influence of Modern Man on the Vegetation of Yosemite Valley I have a copy of this that I bought in the 1970's. Unfortunately the scans in the above linked PDF version are two-tone and don't fully capture the full tone images, which show striking differences inby vdrummer - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I think the part of the campground that was open was full. A huge part of the area is closed (eeek, I'm guessing you know this) because the condemned bridge across the creek that leads to the campsites on the east end of the campground.by vdrummer - General Discussion
I just hiked Yosemite Creek Campground to Yosemite Falls on Friday July 10 - while we saw about 10-12 folks along the way, it wasn't what I'd call "crowded".by vdrummer - General Discussion
Spent July 9-12 in the park: july 9, hetch hetchy backpacker's campground, hike to wapama fall - no skeeters july 10: yosemite creek CG ---> yosemite point - no skeeters july 11: yosemite falls trail --> valley floor: very few skeeters july 12: tioga road --> yosemite creek CG: very few skeeters; tenaya lake (10 minute 1:30 p.m. dip): few skeeters. Reportedly at Vogelsang oby vdrummer - General Discussion
Quotebill-e-g I'll repost this... Ron, You got any shots west of what you have above? Love it.. Couple of things: - Spiller... not Splitter - Crown Lake is off a bit... it's the lake just south of where you put it (which is Robinson) You can see a large number of lakes... Sister, Doe, Smedberg, Miller, Tallulah, Murdock, Rodgers, Virginia... Unfortunately... Loch Table is out oby vdrummer - General Discussion
Quotebill-e-g Cool. Thanks for the aerial shots! Every time I'm flying I'm invariably on the wrong side of the plane! I'm not Mike but those labels look pretty correct to me. I'm gonna give them a really good look over when I have more time to burn. Thanks again Hey, you're welcome, and apologies for the misnaming!by vdrummer - General Discussion