Surprisingly, nothing new today (though still 3 old ads remaining).by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Apologies; I forgot to change my cache settings in firefox and I was still seeing ads that have been removed. I thus erroneously thought no one was flagging.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
So everyone's burned out from doing it last year? Understandable, I guess. Congrats, scalper douchebags.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Please flag: SELLERS: <gone> BUYERS: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/wan/2994697851.html http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/for/2982138854.html http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/wan/2981898143.html REMOVED: 11/14 Please flag at least the vulture sellers (though it being a two party transaction, I think buyers should be prohibited too)by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
http://www.yosemiteconservancystore.com/DSN/wwwyosemiteassociationorg/Content/Webcam/original/rptFullTrailheadDates.htmby mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
You could reserve a permit to Illilouette the first night: either Glacier Point->Illilouette or Happy Isles->Illilouette. It would add an extra day, but both trailheads have plenty of open days in July. The first gets you started on the awesome Panorama Trail, while the second woud have you do every mile of the JMT, though there would be some backtracking to get back on the JMT after goingby mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Great footage jim. I love seeing stuff like this when I'm 1500 miles and 3.5 months away.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Wow, I wonder if the posts for the cables are soon to be installed on 80% Dome. Never figured it would be that clear yet on the north side.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The Four Mile Trail is closed below Union Point, (approximately halfway up the trail to Glacier Point), due to hazardous snow conditions. The lower section of the trail is open, but may be snowy and icy. http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildcond.htmby mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Is it safe to get that close in the early summer when Ribbon Falls is still flowing, or is it generally too misty to not kill yourself or blow out your knee on slick rock?by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
EDIT: Ooops... answered aboveby mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotettilley Here's a declination map for the 48 coterminous states, the 0 declination line has been moving westward over the decades and is now roughly along the line of the Mississippi River. Amazing how much the magnetic poles moveby mbear - General Discussion
Quotebalzaccom And a photo from the north side of Isberg Pass, looking south at the whole dang Sierra.. That shot it amazing.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechicagocwright On a different note, does Yosemite have a compass declination? Anchorage is 21 degrees! The 2012 USGS maps list it at about 13 1/2 degrees or so I think.by mbear - General Discussion
I was wondering where the heck the update you were talking about was, and then realized I was on DNC's YosemitePark page and not YosemiteNPS.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks, muirman. Don't know why I didn't think to check their facebook.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetanngrisnir3 I'm formally throwing my hat in the ring by stating April 21. Yup. That's right, this Saturday. Little bird told me. I didn't even know they started plowing yet. Don't they usually do updates about the plowing on the nps site?by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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Quotechicagocwright And not a single exclamation point in the sentence about Curry Village Pizza deck... Because there are no porters at the pizza deck.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for sharing; looks like a pretty spectacular view up.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Your point about a BIG map is well taken. I guess you are referring to Falls Ridge... i.e.: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,42824 I keep thinking about that tree. And so want to go back in better light and get more pictures of it. Falls Ridge is just a whole heck o lot of up and down. I was playing with a photo I took last year from Grand. Here it is: Iby mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on As for the topo itself. I would not take that hiking off trail anyway. It's pretty terrible. It makes everything look like it is hike-able and no cliffs anywhere. Look at the 1992 and that is reality. Crap, my memory was bad. For some reason I remembered it being pretty easy offtrail on the west ridge from your thread, but looking back at it you pretty much said the exact opby mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebasilbop At least the contours are not metric :-) Haha, that's pretty annoying on the 7.5'' quad for Mount Ritter.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Surprised no has a comment on this. I'm pretty disappointed if this is the new standard the USGS is using in their topos. The 2012 Ten Lakes 7.5'' map also doesn't show trails.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
1992 2012by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
So I saw the USGS is having a sale with certain maps for $1, so I started browsing to see if any topos I need to buy are on that list (nope). When scanning Falls Ridge, I noticed a 2012 7.5'' map and downloaded it (LINK), and low and behold, there are no trails shown on the map. The 1992 provisional map (LINK) has them, as does the 1990 provisional map (LINK). Shouldn't the USGS be making theirby mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Actually, this is the porter I would recommend (if you find it ) Better than Stone's smoked porter? If we include stouts I gotta go with Rogue's Chocolate and Shakespeare stouts as my #1 and #2. California may have the best IPAs, but I gotta give Oregon props for the best stouts+porters.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotettilley Truthfully, when I first saw the subject line I thought we were going to be asked to choose sides beween Anchor, Black Butte, and Sierra Nevada Porters, much like the pizza deck/loft side-choosing. Gotta go with Black Butte there; if they served it at the pizza deck, it would kill 2 birds with one stone.by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek QuotedqnielIf she's a "girly girl" I'm assuming she'll appreciate the ease of the hike and the romantic setting of a sunset view. Might be a bit tough in high heels. If the Mist Trail can be done in heels, why not Sentinel Dome?by mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteTexHiker Bummer--we didn't get our permits either; applied with 2 different trip leaders for mid-week request. Up until the last update there were only 50 +/- requests for permits on the days that we had requested. Something smells rotten. Just sayin'.... I don't know; if I was going to get in the HD lottery, I would have waited until the last minute to see what days looked to have theby mbear - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion