Quotebasilbop While ascending the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne this Sunday, my wife and I encountered a few "odd" conditions. One was that the Tuolumne was muddy-brown from above Muir Gorge to Return Creek. This isn't something I've seen--or would expect--in Sierra rivers: there usually isn't much topsoil for rain-induced runoff, and what soil there is tends to be light-colored granitby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteszalkowski Quotemrcondron Quotepackenvy Hello, Anyone have a detailed trip report of current trail conditions from TM to HI via the JMT? Thanks everyone! Should be no problem except for mosquitoes. ... and finding Happy Aisles. Addendum: informed via a PM that Happy Aisles may be located in the chapel.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotemrcondron Quotepackenvy Hello, Anyone have a detailed trip report of current trail conditions from TM to HI via the JMT? Thanks everyone! Should be no problem except for mosquitoes. ... and finding Happy Aisles.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on You're assuming they know what they are doing? Obviously. Difficult to imagine that they could be as bad as the typical touron, esp. if they do an overnight camping trip. ( Unless, of course, if they also happen to be Boy Scout "leaders." )by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Guides? Half Dome? The group of ten couldn't find it by themselves? Seriously, I'm glad to know that there are at least some tourons out there that realize that they are incompetent and go with someone that knows what they are doing.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It's a well-known SoCal hike: http://www.localhikes.com/HikeData.ASP?DispType=0&ActiveHike=0&GetHikesStateID=&ID=4038by szalkowski - General Discussion
With "leaders" like that, who needs enemies?by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteAlmostThere I guess all trip reports are consistently wrong about the placement of the campground? I'm sure I've read several times that they are before Moraine Dome and not after. The dome should have an official name... it's a nice one. We call it 'Not-Moraine Dome'. (Negatively Yours) The Marmots P.S. If you look closely at the photo, you probably can see our lookouts postedby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Quoteszalkowski ... stop in Bishop for gas and coffee, ... What's your favorite place to stop for coffee in Bishop? Usually stop at the Vons supermarket, which opens at 6 AM. There is a Starbuck's inside, which is acceptable but would much rather have Peet's. Also pick up a bagel and whatever food may have forgotten to throw in a plastic food bin in the mad scramble to getby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotesnorkus If I get on CA 17 by 6 AM, will I miss most traffic? Personally, I'd leave at 2 AM and get to the park early in the morning. Stop in Oakdale for coffee. Seriously. (When going up to Yosemite from the L.A. area, I normally leave around 12 AM, go up the Eastside, stop in Bishop for gas and coffee, and get to TM in time to obtain a Wilderness Permit when the Wilderness Center opensby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
So that's what happened to those Pontiac Aztecs.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows. --- Rev. Henry Ward Beecherby szalkowski - General Discussion
Quoteeeek Quotechick-on(eeek sez he got megabytes from da black fries) They were orange. It's rather early for the Halloween fries to be out. (Spectrally Yours) The Marmotsby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on The lesson about "don't poo where you lie" never sunk in though. The kiwis could tell that you had problems remembering: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,41154,41938#msg-41938 (Olfactoryly Yours) The Marmots P.S. We always know when you're in the neighborhood too. P.P.S. Notice how all of these cross-posts chikintail together? P.P.P.S. We'll tell the Gby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Too bad that the Tioga Pass webcam isn't operational yet. Fortunately, the CNAP/CCCC did receive funding from the Dave Peterson Memorial Fund to replace the Tioga Pass webcam that was damaged by a lighting strike. They expect the webcam to be back in operation later this summer if everything goes as scheduled. For those that don't know what the initialisms represent: http:by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek QuoteUlysses61Gavin, why do you say Vogelsang is not a day hike? I've done it as a day hike many, many times. Not a favorite hike of mine, but many do this as a day hike. Maybe he means it is not a day hike for the merely human? Maybe he means: If the actual destination is the HSC, why would you want to do it?by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Quotechick-on So I can exchange my watch for a pink chicken at that sign? NO! It means watch out or the chikin will sneak into your pack to hitch a free ride. (Parasitically Yours) The Marmotsby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on How the Kiwi's got their edu-ma-ca-shun: INDEED!!! It's very important to also learn what not to do.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
THE KIWI REPORT: Spring Has Sprungby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek http://yosemitephotos.net/main.php/v/trails/high-sierra-trail/sh-dsc_1920.jpg.html Of course you can. You just need to be a bit higher up. Visit our website at MarmotHeliumBalloonRides(dot)Gov. (WithAltitudely Yours) The Marmotsby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence QuoteHitech QuoteFrank Furter For example, a fatal bear mauling of a child in 2007 while in a tent with food improperly stored, recently resulted in a finding of negligence by both the parents and the government (in this case, the Forest Service) with the government found to be 65% responsible. http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/05/05/36377.htm A developed campsite it not eveby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteScogg My group will be hiking from May Lake to Glen Aulin next Friday (08/05); sleeping at Glen Aulin; doing a day trip down stream into the valley there on Saturday and hiking out to tuolumne meadows on Sunday. ... a link to a reliable source for a high country weather forecast would be amazing. That valley downstream from the Glen Aulin HSC (High Sierra Camp) IS Glen Aulin: httby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek QuoteParis92Tenaya Lake Lodge? HSC? Would have been a great location for a Camp/Lodge. What happened to it? I read something about what happened to it a while back. If I can find it again, I'll let you know. Replaced by the May Lake camp (no specific reason given): http://www.yosemitepark.com/Accommodations_HighSierraCamps_History.aspxby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter What about the recent discovery view of Half Dome from Turlock? Reversing that, since you can see Turlock from HD, rename HD to Turlock Viewby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteparklover Thanks for posting both this and the other thread on how to get to the park in 1920. It is fun to read about how Yosemite was in the past. If anyone is in the park this summer, I highly recommend going to the exhibit on Views and Visitors that is currently running in the Valley Museum. ... The exhibit will be open from June 8 to September 30 These two titles in the Yosemiteby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on So I guess I went against what I just said when I took out an old Budweiser can with a pop top that was mashed by a bear near Morrison Creek... ? You're OK, it wasn't 50 years old. Pop top cans weren't introduced until 1963: http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/soft_drink.htm Besides, the law doesn't apply to wildlife and, also, probably not to domesticated fowl.by szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebasilbop Quoteryanmj great info, my parents were up there a few years ago and thy were collecting "artifacts" from the hotel site, ... That would probably have been illegal, given the historical significance of the Casa Nevada. From http://www.nps.gov/yose/historyculture/archeology.htm : Anything more than 50 years is considered historic and should be left in place. Hisby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There is a copy of the 1956 version in the Yosemite Online Library: http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/auto_tour/by szalkowski - Yosemite Roadside Markers
QuoteFrank Furter As a pre-teen, I visited Glacier Point in the late 50's (we camped in the valley with the bears, so did not see much of the inside of the hotel). Parking was in front of the hotel and, I believe, there was an outbuilding with flush toilet facilities apart from the hotel. Or perhaps it was a public bathroom on the side of the hotel. The pictures of the hotel on the internet suggeby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Quoteszalkowski Quoteplawrence Discovery View would be a misnomer since that wasn't the view that anyone (both white man or indian) would have seen when they first laid they eyes on Yosemite Valley. Tunnel View is a more appropriate name since it is the view of Yosemite Valley when one emerges from the Wawona Tunnel. You might want to talk to the folks over at the USGS aboby szalkowski - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion