Quotehotrod4x5 The tent cabins have wood burning stoves? INSIDE? Yes, inside. Seems counter intuitive, but no problems as far as I know.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on QuoteThe Other Tom Looking at the map, it looks like the "pass" just west of Parsons peak is steep....impassable ? Forgot to say... I'm pretty certain you meant the other west. Yeah, I meant the other west (east). Thanks for the links.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Looking at the map, it looks like the "pass" just west of Parsons peak is steep....impassable ? Seems like Chick-on had a report a while back on that route, but I can't find it now. Anybody got a link ?by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on QuoteThe Other Tom Quotechick-on Kewl. <snippy> Have fun Got more ? Only two in your album.... OK, since you asked a put a Twinkie Sampling together for you. Look here: https://picasaweb.google.com/yosemite.chick.on/Vogelsang Very nice. Thanks. The Vogelsang area is one of my favorites.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Kewl. For you: If you got a super zoom of Z Peak... you may be able to see some chick-on tracks and maybe even a chick-on butt track... (btw... rangers told Joe that needed snowshoes... me said "wha!" ... we didn't take them... posthole every so often didn't bother us... ) YMMV Bernice, Gallison, Evelyn, Vogelsang, Fletcher, Emeric, Boothe, ... all frozeby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on QuoteThe Other Tom Very cool shot of half dome. At least I think it's half dome. Haven't seen it from that angle before. The left side looks a little funny so maybe not. How'd you get these...are you a pilot ? Look here: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,21074,53675#msg-53675 (I presume you missed that) Yup, I missed that. Thanksby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Very cool shot of half dome. At least I think it's half dome. Haven't seen it from that angle before. The left side looks a little funny so maybe not. How'd you get these...are you a pilot ?by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuotevitaminC QuoteThe Other Tom Very nice. Re: star trails. Did you take a series of photos and stack them, or is that just one long exposure ? Hint...get the north star in the photo (but not in the center) for a more dramatic effect. The trail is a stack of ~50 10sec images. Probably should have had a little less exposure to get fewer stars, as I think it's a too many in this image. I wasby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Very nice. Re: star trails. Did you take a series of photos and stack them, or is that just one long exposure ? Hint...get the north star in the photo (but not in the center) for a more dramatic effect.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Very nice. Thanks for postingby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I voted for Taft point. Easy to get to and relatively quiet. Take them out to the "point" then go back to the rails and use your telephoto lens to take a pic at the magic moment.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Most people camp on the snow. Some pitch (is that the right word?) a hammock over the snow. I'm sure the chicken will pull up a few pics of his snow camps.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Agree that you should try a night hike before you commit to HD. Things look different at night...almost freaky. If you decide to go, take extra batteries and maybe an extra headlamp. Another way to do this is to hike up near the subdome in daylight and camp. That's what I did. Then get up pre dawn and summit. Requires a wilderness permit, though. Also requires bringing water, since it willby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Cool pic of bridalveil with the rainbow. Thanks for posting.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Very nice. Thanks for posting. Maybe this should go in an archive somewhere. It's too good to be lost.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We turned around when climbing Mt Dana once due to pending thunderstorms, another time for high winds. I've never regretted either decision.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Funny how that works. I was amazed the first time I got back and really looked at my night shots...nothing like what I saw with my eyes.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks, eeekby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
This is how they made the filmby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Wow, just wow. Love the star shots. Thanks for postingby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Berry nice. Here's one from October. I'd say that's photo worthy.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Looks like fun. Thanks for sharonby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Personally, I wouldn't recommend going to ww falls and then on to May Lake. We did exactly as you originally planned a few years ago. We took our time going to ww falls,stopping along the way many times to admire the views. We would not have had time to enjoy it if we had to also hike to May Lake. The trail from ww falls back to GA is steep IMO. Yes, you can do it if you are a strong hiker, bby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Nice photos, but where's Half Dome? He would have to go to Turlock to see HDby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yeah!! Great news!by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebill-e-g Purty much I seldom look at Topix mainly due to after posting something over there pretty much I was told I don't do real backpacking. Whoever said that doesn't know you. Shame on themby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tineye.com might help. I haven't used it, but I have seen the results....pretty impressive.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Put a few more here: https://picasaweb.google.com/yosemite.chick.on/KunaCrest Re: pic 6. Glad to see the chicken made it ok. I was worried for a minute.....by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Beautiful pics. Didn't see the chicken in the pics...maybe he was lost and the helicopter was looking for him ? Hope he's okby The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Interesting. Thanks for posting. Good luck to those guys carrying all that gear at elevation in the Sierra.by The Other Tom - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion