Why do people always bash what they do not understand? OK, you are not a thrill seeker or an adreline junkie, but looking to ban such activities is VERY, VERY slippery slope. The damage to the arch is primarily rope groves left in the soft sandstone by ropes when they are not properly protected. This is unfortunate, but can be greatly minimized, if not eliminated, by proper rope protectionby LVRAY - General Discussion
Quotehotrod4x5 Wow, you can't even get a permit for such activities in wilderness??? Of course not - the wilderness is regulated after all. Overnight stays in most of Zion's backcountry, as well as climbing and canyoneering routes, are by permit only. And some of the more popular areas/routes are by lottery only. Commercial outfitters are banned, in part, to prevent them from competing with theby LVRAY - General Discussion
Quotechick-on Wondering why you are asking? I also agree. Why would you ever even consider going around Clouds Rest? It offers spectacular views for minimal effort. I would go to Clouds Rest 100 times before going to Half Dome.by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDave QuoteparkloverIt's a national park, not Disneyland. Two thumbs up!! In my opinion, the Valley was sacrificed long ago and I can't stand going there accept in the off season.by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
You don't have to be such an obnoxious ass about your reply. Not everyone knows everything like you. QuoteQITNL Here is a useful link: Current Conditions - Yosemite National Park http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm Scroll to the bottom of the page. There's your answer. Bookmark that page and you can answer the next 5 people who ask the same question, cool?by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Looks like 2 people.by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
When I worked as a backcountry ranger in Yosemite way back in the early 80's, we we had a standing order to remove all illegal firerings we found and we had a specified procedure for doing so. We did not remove legal firerings unless instructed to by a superior. This most often occurred when an area had multiple legal firerings in very close proximity to each other. But again, this was back in thby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The beginning of this month, we did a trip through some lakes in Yosemite's north country. We started in the Hoover Wildlerness and our route went like this: Twin Lakes > Robinson Lakes > Crown Lake > Snow Lake > Rock Island Pass > cross country to Rock Island Lake > Crazy Mule Gulch > Piute Creek > Doe Lake > Tallulah Lakes > Sister Lake > Smedberg Lake > Benby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Just got back from a short trip that included Skelton Lakes, White Mountain, Roosevelt Lake, McCabe Lakes, Cold Canyon and McGee Lake. We had never been to Skelton Lakes, so we hiked up Delaney Creek, climbed up the south face of White Mountain and down into the upper Conness Creek drainage (which is beautiful) to camp . The upper Delaney Creek drainage is quite scenic and we only saw one otherby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Did you skip the trail section around Mahan? I've done the same thing once in my visit to Mahan in 2003. (gotta get back there) Avonelle... now there is a lake you should really visit if/when you get back in that area. Trumps Mahan in my book. And of course you say what is well known by mwa... YOSEMITE is not crowded. It's trivial to get solitude. Yes, skipped the trail seby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The first week of June we took a trip out of Hetch Hetchy up to Moraine Ridge. We then went cross country over to Frog Creek, which we followed up past Bearup Lake up to Otter Lakes. We camped at Little Otter, which really impressed us. Beautiful lake surrounded by several interesting peaks to climb. Actually, the entire trip along Frog Creek was quite scenic. We climbed a few of the peaks andby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotewherever QuoteLVRAY Quoteyosemitejim I wish they would build a bridge over the Tenaya Lake outlet. Why introduce yet another man made structure where none is needed? Because the water is bloody cold and waist deep some times. So are a lot of stream crossings in the Sierra. Should we bridge them all? Why no just put roads to some of the closer lakes - make it even easier. Do we reallby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteyosemitejim I wish they would build a bridge over the Tenaya Lake outlet. Why introduce yet another man made structure where none is needed?by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Why do people have to speculate on a repair time when they know little or nothing about the situation?by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteHighCountryJeff None of these droughts are man-made in spite of the anthropogenic climate change hysteria. They are all directly related to ocean currents (ENSO, PDO, etc) which are loosely cyclical and therefore unavoidable. Always entertaining when lay people voice their "opinion" on a scientific matter when they have little or no educational background in the field, have doneby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It is one of the reasons, but not the only reason. But yes, atheism is poorly understood bya majority of people. Dawkin's speach on militant atheism is also worth a watch: http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism.html QuoteDave QuoteLVRAYYes, true, but it depends in part on how the question is worded. People are more likely to say yes to having 'no religious beliefby LVRAY - General Discussion
Yes, true, but it depends in part on how the question is worded. People are more likely to say yes to having 'no religious belief or no religious affiliation' then they are to admitting they are an atheist. Having no religious belief or no religious affiliation does not necessarily mean you are a full atheist. But at least the trend seems to be in the right direction. QuoteDave QuoteLVRAYWiby LVRAY - General Discussion
With approximately 93% of the US population still believing in super natural superstitions (i.e., god), what do expect? QuoteDave QuoteeeekThat said, don't forget to laugh your ass off on December 13, 2012. I will. It's a sad comment on our society that anyone would actually believe that stuff. I guess I expect too much. I actually believed the 21st century would be a bit more advanced.by LVRAY - General Discussion
Yes, that would be the previously mentioned "yellow-yellow" (so named because of her dual yellow ear markers). That bear, also a female, was able to open both the single and double knotched lids by depressing the tab with her teeth and twisting the lid open. QuoteYury AFAIK at least one bear in Adirondacks has figured out how to open BearVault.by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It appears to be a female. I see nothing in the video that indicates the bear is systematically attempting to twist the top. I see numerous attempts to pry the lid off with the claws, or less frequently the teeth, which would be normal activity for a bear (just spend a few hours watching a bear dig up grub or rip bark off a tree). You are using your knowledge of how the can works to assume a mby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I have been hiking in Yosemite for over 25 years and have passed by the HSCs numerous times. I also worked as a backcountry ranger back in the mid 80's. I have seen plenty of the HSCs. We obviously have differing opinions on what it means to be in shape means. We even consider ourselves to be out of shape, even though we exercise and hike regularly. The problem is, as Americans, we have loby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
To be honest, we were not sure if she was referring to the camps, the people, or both. We didn't ask. But that did lead to a very interesting conversation on how poorly done the HScs are from an aesthetic view point. And on that point they are correct. If you backpack in Europe or South America and see how they handle similar places, they are, for the most part, very well done. The HSCs areby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Hardly true. There are a lot of very fit people in their 60's and 70's doing all sorts of things in the backcountry. On our trip over Red Peak last week, we met at least 3 different groups where the average age was at least 60. We met one couple in their 70s who was doing part of the HSR. As we stood along the trail, just past the Merced Lake HSC, talking about various topics, we were passedby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
That is an unbelievably pointless string of words. Did you actually read the silliness you wrote? Your ignorance and naiveness is even more extreme than Hotrod's. The same applies to you - if you eat meat or fish or even dairy products (or hell, even wear cotton clothing or consume any number of other commercially produced agricultural products), you are just as cruel and wanton as the averby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yes, big difference. Your method is far more inhumane, you are just too blind or stupid to realize that. BTW, I do not hunt - never have. But I know the meat I consume is often produced by some very inhumane techniques. I do not pretend to have some BS superior attitude by attacking something I do not particularly agree with myself. But at least I understand both hunting and how commercialby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Do you eat meat or fish or even dairy products? If you do, you are an ignorant hypocrite. Quotehotrod4x5 Hunting is disgusting in my opinion. An animal has no defense against a rifle. The only kind of hunting I might not find disgusting would be hand to paw, with a knife or some other weapon.by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDantheMan I think a sign would've helped in having some doubt creep in the mind of anyone wanting to cross the bridge with those conditions. If I put myself in the hikers shoes, considering the alternative routes out, I think I may have been inclined to make the same call. A sign though, would perhaps help me listen to my rational side. I saw this first hand last week at lower yosemite fallsby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoterightstar76 The park should have done more to alert people to the danger. This was not an accident that happened deep in the backcountry on a log over an unnamed stream. It was on a major trail and close to the parking lot. I wouldn't be surprised if lawsuits are filed. I feel sorry for these two men and their families and friends. I may be mistaken, but aren't there very large warning sigby LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Pics of Falls Creek below Vernon taken on 6-25by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The sections between the bridge spans, for the most part, have rock walls or other obstructions to the waterfall side. There is little flow over the trail in the non-bridged sections.by LVRAY - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion