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vdrummer
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General Discussion Heya, I'll be hiking down Yosemite Creek into the Valley next weekend - does anyone know if mosquitos are out in numbers there or around Tuolumne Meadows?
Maybe the park could have something like the Homeland Security Advisory System - red (severe), orange (high), yellow (elevated), blue (guarded), and green (low).
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General Discussion Here's one data point for you - on Thurs. July 5 2007 I arrived at T Meadows at around 10:30 a.m., and the campground was only about two-thirds full. I was very surprised to find so many open spots, and had thought chances were good as the 4th was a Wednesday, and some folks would take the 2nd-3rd-4th off. I believe TM is the 2nd largest campground in the Nat'l Park system - 320+ spots, or ther
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General Discussion When my son was six we hiked with him from Glacier Point to Sentinal dome, he didn't have any problems or feel effects of altitude (we live at sea level.) We made several Sierra Club group trips ["toddler tromps"], including T Meadows, Arches & Canyonlands, and Mt. Lassen. On Lassen, I think almost all the kids completed the hike to the summit, from start point at 8,000' to summit
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General Discussion Quotey_p_w
Quotevdrummer
the arch at Indian Rock is pretty cool - I visited it in July 2006. Not too hard to get to from the Tioga Road.
Seems kind of jagged, like Wall Arch before it collapsed last year:
yes, it did look somewhat fragile to me. I didn't even consider walking on top of it, as it looked to me like the kind of thing that wouldn't benefit from having a couple of hundred pound
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General Discussion the arch at Indian Rock is pretty cool - I visited it in July 2006. Not too hard to get to from the Tioga Road.
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General Discussion Quoteeeek
QuotevdrummerDoes anyone have any data or experience on how likely it would be to find a space available at Yosemite Creek Campground on a Thursday night (8:00 p.m. arrival) in mid-July?
It doesn't always fill on a Thursday night so you do have a chance.
QuoteIf that was full, it seems to me that there shouldn't be any problem finding a site at White Wolf, Porcupine Creek, Tamarack
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General Discussion Quotebill-e-g
And, yes I know your question. and I highly doubt they really have that info for general consumption.
The campground hosts are probably collecting the cash and making sure everything is ok.
I can see them writing it in some spiral notebook with a pencil. But.. could be wrong here.
And sorry to bother you incessantly...
Hey, thanks for taking the time - always good to have a cl
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vdrummer
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General Discussion Quotemrcondron
That would be the Lukens Lake to Yosemite Falls trailhead. As of right now only July 11th is not available. Be aware you still have to go to a permit issuing office to pick up your permit even if you have a reservation.
Here is a link to the trailhead reservation status:
http://www.yosemite.org/DSN/wwwyosemiteassociationorg/Content/Webcam/rptFullTrailheadDatesPage2.htm
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General Discussion Quotemrcondron
If you get in at 8PM on Thursday you won't be able to get a permit until Friday morning. I think that technically you can't stay at a backpackers campground without a permit in hand. Also where you plan to hike will determine whether or not you have a chance on getting permit for the day you want to start. You might only be able to get a permit for a Saturday start if you try fo
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General Discussion Quotemrcondron
Finding an open site with an 8 PM arrival time on any day is a long shot plus you want to arrive with plenty of daylight left. Your best bet is to arrive early in the AM and see who is checking out and then grab that spot. Thursday morning would give you a better chance than Friday morning. Try Thursday PM but have an out-of-park backup plan.
We'll go with that as Plan F, but
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General Discussion Quotecornbread
Does this help? Click "Next" at the bottom until you see the one you want.
http://www.yosemite.org/DSN/wwwyosemiteassociationorg/Content/Webcam/rptFullTrailheadDates.htm
I've been following that, yes, and it's helpful, but I'm looking for more specific info about campsite availability, not wilderness permit availability - thanks.
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General Discussion Does anyone have any data or experience on how likely it would be to find a space available at Yosemite Creek Campground on a Thursday night (8:00 p.m. arrival) in mid-July?
If that was full, it seems to me that there shouldn't be any problem finding a site at White Wolf, Porcupine Creek, Tamarack Flat or T. Meadows (plans B, C, D and E - nice backup options!). It would be cool to see data su
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General Discussion Quoteeeek
Ok, we have all stopped and taken pictures at Tunnel View. So post some of your favorites.
over the edge!
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General Discussion Quotedobber
I don't mind he packet oatmeals, but I also bring along some dried blueberries to mix with them. I also prepackage some granola and dried milk in small bags, then just add some water. pita bread or tortillas and humus are a lunch staple, along with jerky. Of course the very most important item is my flask of quality sipping whiskey.
a half pint of nice port works for me if I'm car
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General Discussion QuoteFrank Furter
Surely Muir had something to say about food to take on a trip into the woods.
"I rolled up some bread and tea in a pair of blankets with some sugar and a tin cup and set off."
http://www.climatecrossroad.net/john_muir_exhibit/life/john_muir_menu_j_parker_huber.html
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vdrummer
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General Discussion Nope - we left in the morning on Sunday the 29th. We were at Lower Yosemite Fall on the 28th, though.
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General Discussion Quoteeeek
Is the Four Mile Trail open all the way?
Not sure about today; we stopped on 3/28 at 1800' above the valley, below Union Point. Lots of snow on the trail then, and I believe it was closed at Union Point then. I was leading a group of 23 high school kids, (many in tennis shoes & shorts, one seeing snow for the first time ever), so weren't pushing to go too far.
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General Discussion I found some fabulous rainbows in Upper & Lower Yosemite Fall(s) on my last trip. I know you can calculate when these will happen (based on sun location and azimuth of your view angle & such), but I was just pleasantly surprised. It would be cool to figure out the viewing windows are for these phenomena - wouldn't that be a great iPhone app?
Interestingly, none of the images I foun
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vdrummer
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General Discussion FYI the person I just spoke to at the activities (booking) office said that official policy is no stopping, but that most all drivers are cool and could make a stop if they wanted to. The phone call was being recorded and he was hesitant to speculate, and mentioned that a driver wouldn't promise to stop like this if his boss was standing there. Sounds like it should work out, and that's my plan
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vdrummer
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General Discussion Has anyone had experience with the Glacier Point Tour Bus dropping backpackers off at trailheads along the Glacier Point Road?
I'm considering a backpack trip from Mono Meadow trailhead through LYV to Happy Isles, and would like to take the Glacier Point bus from the valley back to the Mono Meadow trailhead, but this site:
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/bus.htm
says "this bus d
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General Discussion Maybe have a look at a less popular site like Yosemite Creek or Porcupine Flat, or go for Tuolumne Meadows - that's the 2nd largest campground in the US Park system, and last year it was completely first-come first-served from June to mid-July or so, then 1/2 reservations, 1/2 first-come. On July 5 2007, the campground was about 1/3 empty.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion QuoteYAY
Planning a trip to Waterwheel Falls in early July (yes, mosquitoes!). Is it safe to take fairly unused trail from Pothole Dome towards Glen Aulin on west side of river at that time? Wondering if too much water to be safe. Have done usual trail on east side, but want to get there faster. Thanks!
I hiked that West side of the river from Glen Aulin to Pothole Dome in mid-July 2005, an
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General Discussion >Tell me, did YOU choose these settings randomly, or did your light meter suggest them...you have no idea how long I have been pursuing this sort of pic
Settings weren't chosen randomly, I usually shoot in 'aperture priority' mode - choosing my preferred aperture setting (wide open in both of my pics here, which gave me the fastest shutter speed for a given amount of light - so that way ther
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General Discussion This might be what you have in mind, Bee - it's about an hour before sunrise here, and the pre-dawn sky was just starting to brighten up the terrain.
It's a Nikon D70 with 70-300mm lens, shutter 1/50, aperture f5.6. (Effective lens length is 450mm due to the smaller D70 sensor). The moon will start to blur at shutter speeds slower than around 1/30.
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General Discussion To get detail in the moon you need a sky that's brighter than night time black. Here's an image from a Nikon D700 at 8:45 p.m. on Sep. 27, 2008 from Mt. Watkins; sunset that night was about 7:00. The area at that time was completely black to my eyes, but the D700 has an extremely sensitive sensor and can pick up light I couldn't see with my eyes. I could see no detail at all on Half Dome or th
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General Discussion Frank Furter wrote:
> vdrummer wrote:
> . They cut their hike short and played at Indian Caves
> > instead, which were much cleaner.
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> Can you clarify exactly how to get to the Indian Caves? There
> seems to be vague and conflicting information on the Internet
> about them.
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Indian Caves are right around N 37° 44.68' W 119° 33.3' (aka 37 deg 44 mins 38 se
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General Discussion Frank Furter wrote:
> vdrummer wrote:
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> > She was in a group of about 30 high school kids that had
> > planned to hike the southern part of the loop first, but
> > changed the plan and hiked only the northern part as far as
> the
> > Snow Creek trailhead. They said there was a lot of dust in
> the
> > air and it was hard to breathe.
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> The wa
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