Have they officially announced that White Wolf will not open this year? I am pretty sure it will remain closed this year based on what I've read here and elsewhere, but have not heard any official announcement from Aramark. I just tried going to their website and was able to start making a reservation for White Wolf on an available date in late August. I'm thinking any refunds will not be proby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for April 22, 2020 Last Update for the Season Posted by: Laura and Rob Pilewski New snow: 7 inches Total settled snow depth: 28 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 50°F (April 16) Low temperature: 19°F (April 16) Cockscomb (a mountain near Tuolumne Meadows) rises above the snow on April 21, 2020. Ski Conditions and Weather Yosemiteby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for April 15, 2020 Posted by: Laura and Rob Pilewski New snow: 11 inches Total settled snow depth: 34 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 51°F (April 11) Low temperature: 12°F (April 13) Ski Conditions and Weather Yosemite National Park remains closed due to COVID-19. Our hearts go out to all those affected by this pandemic. Thanks and pby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for April 8, 2020 Posted by: Laura and Rob Pilewski New snow: 24 inches Total settled snow depth: 38 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 42°F (April 3) Low temperature: 1°F (April 7) March Weather Summary New Snow: 58 inches (Tuolumne Meadows average 55.1 inches) Snow Water Equivalent: 2.82” (Tuolumne Meadows average 3.84 inches) Aveby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for April 1, 2020 Posted by: Laura and Rob Pilewski New snow: 6 inches Total settled snow depth: 28 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 46°F (March 31) Low temperature: 3°F (March 30) Ski Conditions and Weather Although the park remains closed, we are still out and about performing the April 1 snow surveys. The unsettled weather this weby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for March 26, 2020 Posted by: Laura and Rob Pilewski New snow: 17 inches Total settled snow depth: 35 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 37°F (March 19) Low temperature: -5°F (March 19) Ski Conditions and Weather It feels like the return to winter in more ways than one. Although Tuolumne Meadows is covered in a fresh blanket of white, aby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for March 18. 2020 Posted by: Laura and Rob Pilewski New snow: 19 inches Total settled snow depth: 30 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 47°F (March 12) Low temperature: -6°F (March 18) Tuolumne Meadows high country on March 13, 2020. Ski Conditions and Weather Winter returned to the Sierra Nevada this week. Cold temperatures and mucby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for March 12, 2020 Posted by: Laura and Rob Pilewski Nelson Lake on March 6, 2020 New snow: 1 inch Total settled snow depth: 19 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 47°F (March 6) Low temperature: 6°F (March 8) Ski Conditions and Weather It was another dry and windy week in the central Sierra. The recent storm that came off of theby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for March 4. 2020 Upper Virginia Canyon, February 28, 2020 New snow: 10 inches Total settled snow depth: 25 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 54°F (March 3) Low temperature: 12°F (March 2) February Weather Summary New snow: 1 inch (Tuolumne Meadows average: 62.1 inches) New water: 0.06 (Tuolumne Meadows average: 4.53 inches) Averby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Well, if 6 miles is the limit I might suggest: 1. Just head down to Glen Aulin from Tuolumne Meadows. Use that as base camp and do day hikes from there, and then head back to TM. 2. Murphy Creek Trailhead to Polly Dome Lakes, Polly Dome Lakes to May Lake, maybe an extra day at May Lake to tackle Hoffman at a leisurely pace, then down to Murphy Creek Trailhead. 3. Saddlebag Lake/Tweby FatFlatlander - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I'm probably not the best person to offer advice as I've only backpacked in Yosemite once (have done a few HSC trips as well), but I do spend an inordinate amount of my free time planning future backpack trips to Yosemite, so I'll offer up some suggestions and let others chime in on how good/bad they are. 1. Day 1 TM to Young Lakes (via Dog Lake trailhead, or via Glen Aulin as backup), Day 2by FatFlatlander - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for February 26. 2020 Posted by: Laura and Rob Pilewski Skier and storm clouds over Tuolumne Meadows, February, 20, 2020 New snow: trace Total settled snow depth: 25 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 50°F (February 25) Low temperature: 8°F (February 20) Ski Conditions and Weather After last year’s epic winter, it is easy to be dby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for February 19. 2020 New snow: none Total settled snow depth: 25 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 47°F (February 15) Low temperature: 6°F (February 19) Ski Conditions and Weather The dry weather pattern continued this week. Daytime highs were in the mid 40s and overnight lows dropped into the teens. The snow surface at the middle eleby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for February 13. 2020 New snow: 1 inch Total settled snow depth: 27 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 53°F (February 7) Low temperature: 11°F (February 8) Ski Conditions and Weather It was a warm and dry week in the central Sierra. A weather disturbance came through over the weekend, but only left three feet of wind and one inch of snowby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for February 5. 2020 New snow: 1 inch Total settled snow depth: 28 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 60°F (February 1) Low temperature: -9°F (February 3) Ski Conditions and Weather The first part of this week had very spring like weather with warm temperatures, hitting a near record high of 60°F on Saturday. This was followed by a frigby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for January 29, 2020 New snow: 4 inches Total settled snow depth: 30 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 50°F (January 25) Low temperature: 1°F (January 29) January Precipitation Summary Total snowfall: 18 inches (average 55.8 inches) Total water: 1.16 inches (average 5.05 inches) Panoramic view looking toward Yosemite Valley on Januaby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Wow. Excellent report and beyond amazing pictures from an epic tour of the Yosemite high country. Thank you for taking the time to do such a detailed write up... enjoyed reading while following along on the topo map!by FatFlatlander - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for January 22, 2020 New snow: 13 inches Total settled snow depth: 30 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 48°F (January 19) Low temperature: -3°F (January 17) Ski Conditions and Weather This week saw unsettled weather with cloudy skies, windy conditions, and some welcomed precipitation. Though January is still well below average for new sby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for January 15, 2020 New snow: 1 inch Total settled snow depth: 24 inches (at 8,600 feet) High temperature: 45°F (January 10) Low temperature: -3°F (January 15) Ski Conditions and Weather It was cold and dry in the Tuolumne Meadows area this week. Although there were a few brief snow showers they only amounted to one inch of new snow over theby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
House sinks Hetch Hetchy boating proposal QuoteThe House has torpedoed a proposal to allow limited boating on Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park. Critics feared the plan could introduce contaminants to the reservoir that supplies famously pure drinking water for 2.7 million people in the Bay Area. Boating on its waters has been banned for nearly a century.by FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We hiked that trail several years ago during a visit to Lassen. As we were going down the final fairly steep section into the Bumpass Hell basin, my wife had her foot slide out from under her and bumped her... well, you get the picture. Fortunately, the only thing wounded was her pride and we all got a good laugh out of it the rest of the day. Now, whenever we slip a bit while hiking we say, &qby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
From the SF Chronicle: Yosemite’s review of park concessionaire Aramark slams it for poor serviceby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Down near the bottom of the mow know log article it cites some of the text from the proposed amendment, including this sentence: "Proposed Tioga Inn Specific Amendment #3 has a primary goal of facilitating the construction of up to 100 workforce housing units with up to 150 bedrooms to accommodate employees of the previously approved hotel and full-service restaurant." So the housby FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here is a link to the Bear Facts page on the Yosemite NP website. It says it is "updated as often as possible", so I'm not sure there is a regular update interval.by FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Anyone able to book TM campsites this morning? My experience has been frustrating to say the least. Edit to add: Guess all it took to get through was to post this... just now got my reservation to take in the system.by FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I believe the August dates were made available at the regular time (6 months in advance) because they had the campground scheduled to open 01 August. The July dates were just released because the campground is opening earlier than anticipated.by FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Email received today from YNP: Thursday, June 27, at 7 a.m. Pacific time, the following camp sites will become available for advanced reservation: The remainder of sites held back for flood risk in Lower and North Pines for the time period, June 28 through July 14. No further sites are being held for this issue. North Pines sites released: 200, 301, 303, 305, 306, 307, 308, 401, 517, 519by FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
June 12, 2019 Tioga Road will remain closed at least through this weekend (June 15–16); this does not imply it will open just after the weekend—there is no estimated date for opening. Opening work continues, especially near Olmsted Point. The road is closed to all entry, including vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. This closure is being enforced.by FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
One nearby option is to cross the bridge at Briceburg, drive west to the Railroad Flat campground and hike the Merced River trail west from there. Although if you were rafting the Merced the day before, I suppose this might feel like more of the same. Other possibilities for less strenuous hikes around Wawona include the Meadow Loop or Swinging Bridge. It is supposed to be hot next week soby FatFlatlander - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Here's a link to the timelapse video from Badger Pass, which may provide a better look for evaluating how much mud/snow/water is around as the Ski Area transitions to Monroe Meadows. Looks like typical boggy/muddy meadow with a little streamlet running through. http://www.halfdome.net/movies/badger_pass/by FatFlatlander - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion