Quotecotati Hello. It would be really great to have the GPS coords for A1-A7. No guarantees: These are from the Google Earth view, not the earlier topo map view. 1 leave the horse trail, follow ski trail N37.803, W119.5136 2 saddle by small knob 37.797, 119.5096 3 Watkins Saddle, crossing of the major park trail 37.7933, 119.5097 3A leave use trail and head towards NE summby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Near Horsehead Lake, east of Shaver Lake, in the Sierra northeast of Fresno. It sounds like the Sierra Club didn't have a very good rear guard discipline on this hike. It's also amusing that the reporter thinks that an injured hiker couldn't drink out of a stream without having a water filter. Has it come to that? http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article32745777.html Anyway, kudosby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
QuoteCurious Hiker I would love to see a discussion this detailed about the Ledge Trail. Can it still be done or is it forever lost and now a myth of Yosemite? It's all here: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,25265 Note that the above thread is three pages long. As far as route finding is concerned, going uphill there isn't any to do. You can see the ledge from Curry Village, slby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There is more about this attack in today's paper. Bottom line is that this bear is already getting into multiple trash bins at Midpines, and has already decided that they are his to use and to defend...by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Looking forward to your report. There is much more about the no-exposure route on this thread: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?17,72681 Which is one of several links to the Diving Board on this reference: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,67811by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Be aware that the Yosemite Falls Trail is closed right now due to a small fire near the top of the falls. Check before you go. Definitely swing over to the Quarter Domes if you do that hike. You can just traverse over to the Quarter Domes from the correct switchback on the trail, or you can come up along the trail that goes to the cables, but then head right as you approach the valley rim.by wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotechick-on Alder Creek Falls will be a trickle... Do an advanced search on: "alder" w/ chick-on as author for all dates... Also... you may want to do an advanced search on: "lumber" w/ chick-on as author for all dates... I think you will find what you are looking for. (of course it is worthwhile... there is an old railroad bed... and lots to explore if willinby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
QuoteCurious Hiker I was in Yosemite Valley this weekend. On my return hike from my failed attempt to get to Diving Board I talked to many Dome hikers who had permits but said there was NO ranger who ever checked them. This was a Sunday. It's like checking tickets on SJ the trolley. Most days no inspector comes by, but if I tried to skip the ticket I would surely get caught and fined....by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechicagocwright I've asked this question before but don't remember the answer. Is the route from Snake Dike to the Diving Board straightforward? Yes, but the brush determines the pain of it. I haven't been to that spot since the fire a few years ago, and don't know how much the brush has grown back....by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It's mentioned in the Yosemite Place Names book by Peter Browning. That's still in print, and under copyright.. Basically, it was a stage stop on the old road. An earlier map listed it as DH (Dark Hole?) Corrals. Supposedly called Dark Hole because the surrounding trees cut off the starlight so much that it was very dark at night. The ranger station was on the old road, a quarter mile weby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here's some history to narrow down the time of the switchover from the trail talked-about above to the current trail from Snow Creek up to May Lake. As mentioned above, the May Lake High Sierra Camp opened in 1938. But work was afoot before that. CCC workers in the park were busy in anticipation of the camp opening, and of the desirability a connection to Glen Aulin. "In July 1936 construby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebasilbop I think the pink bird tried to descend the gully that's to the northeast of Basket and gave up--after losing a camera. I believe the gully to the west of Basket is above the top of the "North Dome Gully" route--but per wherever it doesn't seem like you can get to that route from higher up easily, nor would it be easy to descend that route w/o prior experience. Sorry, Iby wherever - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
This thread is about another of the abandoned trails around Yosemite Valley. See link abandoned trails This post is about history of the short trail from Olmsted Point to May Lake: First, let me correct a misapprehension about there being only two old Indian trails up the north side of Yosemite Valley to connect with the northern leg of the Mono Trail. Those being the one which became the Oby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on My track there ... if you follow.... you will find rockwork the entire way... I was fully expecting it to loop down .... but it never did... But I will gladly go look at how you went from that saddle too... I look at the Old Man as more of a Sphinx... Hey... but it's all fun, no? Tanks A thousand pardons. You did report that trail last year. But with no map shown, andby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on .....Northern part looks off by quite a bit..... Trail in entirety looks like this: Props to Stick N Fedders for the fun of finding the lower (southern most portion) Have fun Nope. Got you this time. Here is what the US Geological Survey showed after the troops fixed it up: That's the trail that I followed. For those others of you who don't know this areaby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Well, he has a strong chin and a stern, thin-lipped mouth, but he is solid granite. Not like the wired-together Old Men back in New Hampshire and South Dakota... I booked some nights up at Tuolumne Lodge last week, and on Monday had a couple of hours to kill before it was time to arrive there and check in to my tent cabin. So I decided to check out the mile or so of off-trail terrain goiby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteJohnC Here's an idea I can get behind.... http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-anti-drone-legislation-20150721-story.html QuoteTired of the unmanned devices flying into the airspace of craft trying to fight wildfires, two California politicians -- Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) and state Sen. Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) -- on Monday introduced legislation that would give firefby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I just received an on-line ad for a commercial trip up Mt Hoffman, Clouds Rest, and Half Dome. The $749 fee includes the Half Dome cable permits. How do they do that? http://www.theclymb.com/adventures/16543/yosemite-three-summits/show-product/127897?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=adventures&utm_campaign=2015_07_09%20PM%20-%20Adventures%20Weekly%20-%20DEFAULT Thby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
see: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/07/07/colossal-rock-fall-changes-face-of-yosemites-half-dome/ FRESNO, Calif. (CBS/AP) — Officials at Yosemite National Park say a massive sheet of rock has fallen from the vertical face of Half Dome on the most popular route used by climbers. Park geologist and climber Greg Stock said Tuesday that officials are now determining how the new routeby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I did it on Wednesday, June 17, from Tuolumne Lodge. Took the 8 am free shuttle bus from the lodge to the trail head. Was on the trail before 8:30. Back at the trail head around 3:20. The 3:34 bus did not run. Neither did the 4:04 bus. Around 4:15 an outbound bus passed by, and came back from Olmstead Point ten minutes later. I got the usual excuse: only one bus of the supposed three wasby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here are some additional comments to the thread about the easy hike to Mount Watkins. see: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,57351 My buddy and I have often been asked about how to find the two mile long, relatively flat (500 vertical feet) route out to Mount Watkins from the Tioga Road (Rt.120). We had occasion to do it again yesterday, as a short excursion prior to driving back toby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here is a long, and really excellent article in today's NY Times about the whole thing: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/sports/dean-potter-final-yosemite-jump.html I don't know how long it will stay up for non-subscribers, but it's open to all right now. edit: I see now that the previous post is a link to the same article, but with different photos...by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Perfect timing. This is the third year in a row that they have closed the Tamarack Flat trail head when I planned to use it. It's for them to have a private party...they don't even expect to use the trail head, just the campground, but they block it all off anyway....by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteSierra Miguel Any beta on this trail from Horizon Ridge to Mono Meadow? I haven't tried it myself, but Chick-on has done some cross-country hikes in this area. He might know.by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If this balloon test is only about visual impact, then there ought to be some discussion about cell towers disguised as trees, etc. Of course, there are some "tree-like" cell towers that are ridiculous fakes, but some are so good that you probably haven't noticed them as you drive by. At the very least, they could paint the tower some drab color, not silvery metal. There is alreaby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Do you know if the new microwave link replaced the entire cable run from the valley to the high country, or just a short hop near the broken wires?by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Right. Here's how the scam came about. When Delaware North got the concession, it got control of the names, too, like the Ahwahnee and Curry Village. That's normal business...no one else can use those names while the concessionaire has them. But Delaware North claims that it was given ownership of those names. To keep! No doubt they have some lawyer that has some piece of paper that seby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
No, but I didn't expect to. This jaunt was just intended to rule out the possibility that there was a switchback that we had missed on our trip two years ago. I started to write a more complete answer, but decided that it belonged in this thread about the old horse trail: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,48394,77958#msg-77958by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
On November 21, I had the chance to spend a few hours looking at the old horse trail, to make sure that there is no switchback that we missed which heads back up to the Old Big Oak Flat Road. I looked. There isn't one. So it is clear that the old trail continues more as less as you would expect. Yes, there is a short section where all man-made traces of the trail have been wiped out by softby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Especially if the Lake Erie crowd gets less than normal. They would enjoy that right now...by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion