Quotey_p_w QuoteYury Apparently monopoly is good bor business. Why National Park prefers a monopoly is a separate question. Depends on the park. I mentioned that there were multiple concessionaires at Yellowstone (although only one operates lodging). Same goes for Grand Teton. I think they even put up one restaurant for an individual contact. At Grand Canyon they've separated the North aby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Quoteparklover Quotetanngrisnir3 I've never really had a problem with them, and the pizza at Curry is actually unexpectedly awesome. Take my advice, however, and avoid the chili in a bread bowl in the Mountain Room. Microwaved. Tough as a plastic garbage can lid. I have never seen chili in a bread bowl served in the Mountain Room Restaurant but only at the bar across the way.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetanngrisnir3 I've never really had a problem with them, and the pizza at Curry is actually unexpectedly awesome. Take my advice, however, and avoid the chili in a bread bowl in the Mountain Room. Microwaved. Tough as a plastic garbage can lid. I have never seen chili in a bread bowl served in the Mountain Room Restaurant but only at the bar across the way. I wonder if it is the same aby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence I've been to multiple National Parks, and the overall food quality at Yosemite is actually BETTER than most of them. My main beef with DNC is the quality and price of their lodging accommodations. The biggest ripoff now is the obscene price they now charge for a crappy canvas tent cabin in the summer. These's absolutely no freaking way they should be charging more than $50 forby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
As a parent of a gifted child, I heartily agree with the story. While his school does have honors and AP courses, they have no program to teach a 15 year old that is taking AP courses how to handled the stress and the workload of taking a college level course at that age.by parklover - General Discussion
Oh heck, I was hoping that they would get a different concessionaire. Since DNC took over, service has gone down, rooms are dirty and prices continue to soar. You get less bang for the buck than you got with Curry CO. We stay in other National Parks each year and in my experience, Xanterra gives you the best stay for the best price. In Zion for $180/night you can get a redecorated cabin withby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteRay I still miss the Tioga Pass Cam. I do too. I thought that since the Conservancy took it over from, I believe San Diego state, they were going to fix it.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It has been many years since we have gone to the park that way and I am glad to hear that the store/gas station in Midpines is still there. We were low on gas and felt that we could not make it to Wawona so we decided to get gas in El Portal. Unfortunately, the gas station had not gotten it's delivery and was closed. There we were with a small baby and wondering what to do. A police officer sby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I can't backpack anymore so these kinds of videos are going to be the only way that I get to see the JMT and other places that are no longer possible for me to go to. Maybe they can slow it down a bit when they do the final cut. I would love to see more.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Carol Leigh's blog can be found at www.calphoto.com. In the spring the wildflower blooms are posted there.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotehotrod4x5 "...there’s something special about Half Dome. It has undeniable stage presence. View it from the valley floor, beside the winding Tuolomne River. " Wow, how did I miss an earthquake big enough to change the course of two rivers?by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteWickett I just packed my 30 degree and not my zero. Lower 50's at night right? That is the projection for the Valley, but if you go higher it will be colder. Personally, I don't like to be hot when I sleep so a zero bag would be too warm for me if it is in the low 50's. I have been known to wear shorts and a t-shirt when it is in the 50's. On the other hand, my sister would have usedby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Seriously, there is going to be a gradual cooling trend over the next 10 days but so far, there is no rain/snow in the forecast. I would look for warm days in the 70's with cool nights in the low 50s. However, this forecast is for Yosemite Valley and it will be colder at the higher elevations. Have a great time. It might be too early for the fall colors.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for sharing. I can't backpack anymore so I have to live through the pictures of others.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotehotrod4x5 It's usually dry by now, right? Yes it is. We fondly refer to it as "Yosemite Stain" or "Yosemite Wall' when it does not have water going over.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Even if a innocent bear is trapped, the information that they get by testing it's DNA, weight, length, etc. is used in their studies of bears, their habits and is also used to determine the amount of bears in the area and their territories. Found this on the internet: FY2011 budget proposal for the Park Service. Here's what the related "briefing document" had to say about gateby parklover - General Discussion
This question came up many months ago on another site but I can't remember if someone did find out the name. I will look around and see if I have a map that has it marked what that area is called. Those are great trees and thanks for posting the GPS location. We will go there the next time we are up on Tioga.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Quoteparklover The two meetings that were held in LA, one was at the Autry Museum and the other at the Los Angeles River Center both of which are great locations for people that live close to the 5/110 freeways but mean acting like a salmon trying to swim up stream for people that live on the west side, Santa Monica and areas around them. Have you ever considered taking Olympicby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Setting up webinars for most of them would be a start. And how about at least holding them on a Saturday afternoon in Yosemite? That way people who are truly interested in attending could at least in theory make it a day-trip to Yosemite from many parts of California. In regards to Los Angeles, any location would be somewhat problematic due to the heavy traffic congestion throby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Now that we all live in the 21st century and Yosemite Valley is connected via the internet to the rest of the world, it would be REALLY nice if the Park Service could have the presentations shown in these types of Open Houses online via video conferencing. Or at least have the presentations available for viewing via YouTube after the fact. These Open Houses being open to the puby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteBrewer QuoteparkloverCan't understand why there was so few people in the Ahwahnee ... Perhaps because it's so expensive?? We went there for dinner on our last night. Great meal, amazing building, and very peaceful. It was fun to dress up one night and pretend we could afford to stay there. We observed the dining room took some time to fill, and our reservations were for 7 PM. We presuby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I guess not crowded was a relative term based on the last two trips when we had gone down to the Valley, got stuck in traffic jams and it took us over an hour to go from the Sentinel Picnic area to Swinging bridge, there was no parking to be found anywhere and you could not walk anywhere without tons of people around. Friday we only went to Curry to go to the Mountain Store there and did not goby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek QuoteparkloverI have heard that they last forever Looks like that isn't so: http://bit.ly/o5Fj9p Yewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We went down to the Valley around 2 pm last Friday and was very surprised that unlike the past few visits this summer, there were no traffic jams and we could find parking when we went to Curry, the Village, the Ahwahnee and Yosemite Lodge. I don't know what the shuttles were like because we were bad and drove around since we were just stopping by and the main reason we were in the Valley was toby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Scary what they put into food now. I am allergic to soy so my Twinkie eating days are over since they started putting soy in them. Since I have heard that they last forever, does anyone have a older Twinkie, before they added soy, that I can have?by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Wow, 1998 was a really bad year. It looks like people are starting to be more careful with their food storage, garbage disposal and keeping scented things out of their cars. Unfortunately, there is always someone who doesn't follow the rules. I hate it when I see how many bears have been hit. I can't imagine how horrible I would feel if I hit a bear.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We go to many different National Parks and Yosemite has the most expensive lodging. Even in Yellowstone it is cheaper. For $180 a night at Zion Lodge you can get a redecorated cabin with a porch, separate dressing area, a full bathroom, heat/AC, Pendleton wool blankets, pillows and drapes and, my favorite thing, a fireplace. Try to find that in Yosemite Valley. The blankets and pillows are soby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There was another incident at Niagara Falls Sunday where a woman climbed over the fence to get a picture and slipped and went over the falls. People every where must be leaving their common sense at home while on vacation.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter This choice to enter the wilderness by the aging population raises some questions. All deaths involve cardiopulmonary arrest. How that condition is reached is more variable, although still very limited ( loss of effective circulating blood volume by loss of pumping function or by loss of effective air exchange). With the current efforts at reducing coronary artery disease sby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yes, Yosemite is dangerous, especially this year but so are other parks. Yosemite is not the only park this year where people have gone over waterfalls or fell off trails and got seriously injured or killed. I wish that had been mentioned in the article so people would not think that if they go to another park they do not have to be careful.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion