Quoteplawrence QuotelilagrayAlso noticed when doing a search that last year it closed the second week of June for "Spiritual Camp" and some folks were posting that this seems to be a regular occurrence for Tamarack... Any info? Thanks! Yes, it is. It's the annual Yosemite Indians pow wow only open to them and their guests. And my complaint every year is not that they takeby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
One last thing: Many hammocks have a simple rope attachment that can damage tree bark. Some places won't let you use them without adding more substantial pads than you might be willing to carry. This would especially apply to thin-barked trees like aspens...by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Great trip report! Those are some of our favorite places. I was in the park for several days this week, with the kids and grandkids. Having previously taken them on the Old Wawona Road, from Inspiration Point to Bridalveil Falls, and also down the Old Coulterville Road, we settled for more touristy stuff. For example, they opened Galcier Point Road on Tuesday, so we did the eight mile trail vby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
It looks like a great book. I would certainly buy a copy, if it weren't for the $40 price tag! The SF Library has one on order...by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteTorero14 Ledge trail? It seems a bit high for that. Maybe the side of Sentinel Dome?by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Do any of you know what is going on with the Tuolumne Lodge tent cabins? The general description pages says that they have four single or two double beds. OK, there might have been a couple of those double bed rooms before, but I never saw one. But now every single tent cabin listed as available is for two double beds. Is this possible, or is their reservation system just screwed up?by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebasilbop Quoteplawrence So does the trail quest now include older non-maintained trails like the Sunset Trail (#24) and Hennessy Trail (#25) off of Wawona Road that's shown on this 1920's Yosemite Valley map? Quotechick-on I wouldn't do that.... would I The answers are yes, and yes. Then, of course, you would have to include the famous and well-documented Big Oak Flat Horse Trby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Don't pay those bums! See: http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_29591618/mercury-news-editorial-ahwahnee-taken-hostage-dont-payby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Well, sort of. The web page for lodge reservations came up at 8am, but was running so slowly that it took an hour to process a reservation for three lodge rooms on a date in April. I think that part of the problem was that the credit card confirmation would time out because the bank wouldn't accept a transaction at that slow a pace. http://www.travelyosemite.com/lodging/yosemite-valley-lodgeby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
A nice article with an number of this year's photos: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/science/at-yosemite-a-waterfall-turns-into-a-firefall.html?partner=rss&emc=rssby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
You state that the park service directed DNC to copyright those names. Baloney. They were advised to protect the names. By that reasoning, the local police have the right to quietly post a claim on every historic name in our whole town, and then hold the proper owners up for ransom. After all, the police are there to protect and preserve. You think that congress should keep out of privateby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechicagocwright It seems to me that the Park Service shares some blame with this entire issue. It seems ridiculous but it also would seem as though it should be a settled matter of the contract or trademark law. What I can't tell from the story is whether they intend on the name changes being temporary---or even if the announcement is a negotiating ploy to get DNC to settle. I've heard itby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What fiber optic? Wouldn't they use a microwave link?by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The rocks there are alive. Turn your back, and some are on top of the trail again....by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
You're breaking my heart! I did four hikes looking for any split rock east of Tamarack Flat, and never found any....by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
OK. Go to the link shown. In the upper right corner is a small icon labelled "export". That will get you a list of different sized downloads. Clicking on one will produce a download of a (compressed) .zip file. The one called "large" is plenty big enough for most purposes. Windows File explorer, the windows file manager, handles zip folders automatically if you click onby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDavidK42 It's a shame about the bridge being destroyed. My wife and I have only gone down the old Foresta Road once (didn't go all the way to El Portal but went a good ways past that now-burned bridge). I can't imagine it's going to be a high priority for the park to replace that bridge (actually, is that even inside the park boundary? Without double-checking a map, I'm thinking it's outsby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDavidK42 Thanks for posting this, wherever...I can't get enough of this stuff! I (and, I'm pretty sure, at least a few others on this board) have no interest in being spared! If you've got other pictures available online, I'm happy to look at them! Well. The photos higher up in this thread show it best. We did get a nice photo on Friday of how a support wire was wrapped around a nailby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence In regards to the proposed road shown on the map, aren't the ones marked with a solid line plus the dashed line trails that they wanted to convert to full-fledged wagon roads? In contrast where no existing trail existed, they show the proposed all-seasons road along the Merced River with double-dashed lines (no solid line on one side). No, the double dashed road labelled "by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm talking about the Foresta Road from Foresta down to El Portal. It has been one of our favorite bike rides and easy hikes. See some good photos at: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,28199,28199#msg-28199 We were in the park last week, and had time for brief hikes on Thursday and Saturday. Thursday we did the Old Coulterville Road (see link) with no problems. On Saturday morniby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Some of you know about the old maps on line at the David Rumsey Map Collection. For the historically minded, I recommend the 1906 map showing the land grab from the 1890 boundaries, in order to enable the logging of the sugar pines north and south of El Portal and some mining to the west. Check out this link: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~224281~5506364:Yosemite-Nby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Long update. We snagged a hiking day in Yosemite on Thursday, and found the snow line on the sunny side of the Valley to be around 5500 feet. Snow was all the way down to the ground on the shady side. Curry Village had a thin layer of snow and slush. The Glacier Point Road was closed, so our intended hike along Inspiration Ridge was too much of a nuisance to get to. The hiking looked gooby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I like that old historical view document. At the bottom of page 15, it talks about a gravel quarry near Grouse Creek. As near as I can figure from the description, it would have been located pretty much on the original stage route (Old Wawona Road) where it runs across Grouse Creek west of the current road. I don't have any old maps that show a former quarry there. Google Earth doesn't giveby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Down is distinctly easier. Especially so if the one difficult boulder move has gotten harder as the talus shifts, since you can always bypass it in the very steep bushes. I carry a hand line, just in case. Going up the east side has no difficult place, if you don't get lost.by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteAnotherDave ...At about 5200 feet on that trail is a thing called Columbia Rock. What Columbia did they name this after...? Why, Columbia, gem of the ocean, of course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_the_Gem_of_the_Ocean QuoteAnotherDave...what does Conway have to do to get something named after him? Try googling "conway park", and you will see that there are wayby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Thanks for the update. Happy Half Dome. There neat things to do up there, even if you don't get to the cables. Such as Quarter Domes, or the climbers trail down to where you can look at the face of Half dome....by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Thanks for the first installment of your trip report. QuoteAnotherDave I scoured the Valley Loop Trail for the trailhead for my first attempt at Indian Canyon. I wasn't expecting a flashing neon arrow to point the way, but surely something inviting would appear. Nothing. Eventually, I lost patience, and headed up hill. I'm sorry that you missed the start of the Indian Canyon (IC) Trail.by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Many thanks for the trip report and the photos. You went up a bit east of where I usually do. Just one comment: You mention being guided by cairns. Believe me, there are cairns everywhere up there, guiding you in every possible direction. If you get off route, no problem: There will be a cairn there to make you think that you are doing OK. It won't become problematical until you try toby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It's hard to fault the Sierra Club for this one. She summited with the group, then chose to leave for camp ahead of the rest of the party. And fell off a cliff. There is no way that the group leader could have known she was missing until they got back to the campsite at dusk.by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Here is a later and somewhat more coherent version of the story: http://news.yahoo.com/lost-california-hiker-survived-9-days-broken-leg-214326270.htmlby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra