I see lilagray's 4/22 post at the bottom of that page, and KevinD's 4/24 post about 2/3 of the way down. It's right above the pic of the big orange Therm-a-Rest pad.by gophersnake - General Discussion
One other thing. I've been going up to Columbia Rock several times a year, trying for pictures of the Four Mile Trail area. The visibility varies a lot. -- Around midday I'm shooting more or less into the sun, and haze is usually a major challenge. Late afternoon has sometimes worked better for me, though around 6 PM (in June or July) the shadow of the north rim starts creeping up the south sby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotephoto2000manGreat information and nice shots. I am coming out with my Gigapan in June and wanted to hike as far as Oh My Gosh Point to take some Panoramas. My aversion to heights and all the photo equipment I will be packing won't allow me to make it to the top of Yosemite Falls. I have read that the short stretch from Columbia Point to "Oh My Gosh Point" is treacherous. Is this tby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Cute video, thanks! I'm pretty sure the bird is one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_crow A year or two ago I happened to catch a ranger presentation about ravens. The ranger was telling us about a mated pair of ravens, "Edgar" and "Annabel," who lived near the Big Oak Flat entrance. When there was snow on the roof of the ranger station, the whole family woby gophersnake - General Discussion
Ghiglieri and Farabee, in Death in Yosemite, count Floy among their rockfall deaths. It sounds as if they've examined several versions of the story and I tend to trust their research: Quote... on September 26, 1881, still at the tender age of seventeen, Floy Hutchings was guiding (or possibly following below) a group of tourists to Glacier Point via the very steep LeConte Gully/Ledge Trail rouby gophersnake - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
How about the rocks that chick-on calls "False Moran" and I call "Tower Point"? Picture here, apparently taken from somewhere near the Four Mile Trail. It's not like they're far away or hidden -- you can see them from many places in the Valley including Curry Village and Ahwahnee Meadow. I've never heard of anyone actually going there, though. I'm not recommending that you tryby gophersnake - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Thanks, chick-on. Here's your pic from the other thread. If that rusty nub is what's left of the railing, I can see how I might have overlooked it:by gophersnake - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I've been to Panaroma Point twice (and taken a few pictures, including the "6224" benchmark, that confirm it really was Panorama Point) but I don't remember ever noticing any part of the old railings or holes. Can someone tell me where to look for them?by gophersnake - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Sounds like Panorama Point. There's more about it here: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,56251,56251#msg-56251by gophersnake - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
They weren't calling for "Elmer", were they? It seems to be a tradition of sorts in the Pines campgrounds. I find it kind of annoying, myself. I'll occasionally answer, "WHA-AT?" That seems to confuse them a little.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence You're sure it was a rodent that did the damage? Not a black bear using that guy line as dental floss? Or maybe a porkypine attracted to the salt from someone's hands?by gophersnake - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotecollinsp My weatherspark.com page indicates good weather, almost same as what we have here in way-upstate NY. This is great weather, I'm super-happy. Half Dome, though, shows high 90's; wWe do have the permit -- in fact, my daughter's seen our Half Dome honeymoon '93 pics and would no way not go up even if it was over 100. Those must be Yosemite Valley temperatures. It'll probably beby gophersnake - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I found more info here, including pics of some of the phone equipment and even the slide itself: http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2438181/Indian-Canyon-Rockslide Indian Canyon looks steep enough that I'd expect any slides there to drop debris on the Valley Loop Trail. Does anyone know if this one did at all?by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteAnotherDave Since first setting foot on the Mist Trail several years ago, I've been fascinated about the hiking trails in Yosemite. Who built them, how many people were involved, what equipment did they use, etc.... You've probably already found most of these but I thought I'd list them anyway: -- Near the Four Mile Trailhead on Southside Drive, and I think also near the bottom of tby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm hoping to get an answer from someone who knows horses and/or Yosemite history better than I do. On the trails that climb out of Yosemite Valley, the steepest stretches usually have something like steps. In some places, though, instead of steps that are more or less level on top, there'll be a ramp-like arrangement paved with sloping stones like these: I've noticed these especially on tby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
lol And that was the kind of place that would seem to be in the most demand under conditions like those! Especially if there was a warm and snow-free place to sit and enjoy the pizza. Was all of Curry closed then? I remember finding open restrooms (though not all of the usual ones) in January, and a few people about.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I passed through the Curry area a few times last winter and spring. Even in January it was staffed and there were people around, but it was clearly the coldest and snowiest part of the valley. I got the impression that they weren't doing much business, and had only some of their facilities open.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The opposite problem from cutting through someone else's campsite, is expanding your campsite to block a public right-of-way. At some of the Pines campgrounds, for instance, there's a four-foot-wide public path between the "campsite boundary" posts and the fence above the river. I think the path is there so people can walk along the river without intruding on any campsites, but a few tiby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetanngrisnir3 I find that people who cut across occupied campsites are often ... What I think you might mean is that you imagine, or would expect to find, that that people who cut across occupied campsites also do the other things you mentioned. Or do you mean you've literally studied the farting and parking habits of a sufficient number of cutters-across-campsites to be able to draw vby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
All the changes in areas that I'm familiar with, I like. Thanks, Dan!by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the phone cable info, wherever and Dearborn.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotegophersnake I'm just curious -- nowhere near fanatical enough about it to try following the line through the trees to see where it comes out of the ground. About half a year later, I did follow the line through the trees. It turns out that I was mistaken about where the undergrounded part of the line crosses the Four Mile Trail. The broken asphalt has nothing to do with it, though when Iby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Well, by the time I did chaotically (as usual) "research" the old telephone lines along the Four Mile Trail, I'd pretty much forgotten about this thread. I just happened upon some remnants of the lines, took some pictures, and compared notes with a few others. That discussion is here: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,74650by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm embarrassed to note that wherever had posted a piece of that map (or a very similar one) here a year and a half ago. On the other hand, seeing that thread again reminded me that in the meantime, I've gone ahead and answered some of my own questions. I'll be posting about it shortly.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
You're welcome! I imagine other people would have taken photos from those viewpoints too, over time. Of course, they may have tried not to include any of the Village in theirs. Have you already seen this? It's the “'Old' Yosemite Village (Upper Village) building sites, circa 1925-40 [260KB, 1020x1084]" item listed on this page.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuotemrcondronThe map shows all the telephone and telegraph lines installed and proposed. The T bar in your photos are from the tele lines from the valley floor to GP. Hey, thanks! It never occurred to me that anyone would bother to put telephone lines on a map, nor that that line could have been there as early as 1910 -- so of course I only looked at the Old Village stuff.by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There's also this gigapan from Eagle Peak, which qumqats was kind enough to link me to, a year ago: http://gigapan.com/gigapans/45634 I found this gigapan from Columbia Rock on my own: http://gigapan.com/gigapans/115867 Unfortunately the exposure sucks. The only way I can think of to make use of it, would be to save screen shots of the parts that interest you, then open them in something likeby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDavidK42 On at least one old map I was looking at (I'll put up a link if I can find an online copy to link to), it looks like there was (perhaps not surprisingly), a more elaborate system of roads in the vicinity of Sentinel Bridge to accomodate the substantial number of buildings in the Old Village. Something like this? http://gisserver.princeton.edu:81/navigatorMapViewer.htm?map=916by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here are a few shots of the same area from OMG Point, taken the day before. Columbia Rock would be a good viewpoint, too. However, the only pic I happened to take from Columbia Rock with the Sentinel Bridge area in it, was wide-angle and quickly gets blurry when enlarged. Do you see anything there worth a closer look?by gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuotePineCone There is a sign by the old village site titled "Reawakening The Meadow" (showing a photo of the old village) that lists Degnan's Bakery as the last building removed, in 1981: Old Village sign There's more than one sign about the old village in that area. This one's across Southside Drive from the chapel: The Old Yosemite Villageby gophersnake - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion