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Quoteeeek
Ryan Mountain Lost Horse Mine Boyscout Trail Rock Climbing at Indian Cove (in the previous century millenium)
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General Discussion QuoteSierraGold
Quoteszalkowski
Anything is dangerous in the hands of someone who isn't competent.
My Saturn sedan routinely carries three people on trips and all the backpacking equipment fits in the trunk along with a 5 gal. gas can.
It also averages 37+ mpg, so I'm not the one whining about how much gas costs in the park.
Added note: 5 gal. = 2/3 cu.ft.
Which Saturn sedan do you have?
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteeeek
I've had ice in my water bottles in the middle of summer at Porcupine Flat.
Foul weather is infinitely preferable to fowl weather (oven-like temperatures).
(Unpredictably Yours)
The Marmots
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion QuoteEchidna
Friends camping and climbing in Yosemite Valley this week have emailed that a climber fell to his death off Half Dome on Monday. They are sharing a campsite with some Kiwi climbers who had to help the climber's partner off the face. There has been nothing in the news about this, does anyone have more details?
Some information here:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1614285/D
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotebalzaccom
Not completely out of whack with their hiking maps---which I also find have many small errors throughout.
AND you can't read the topo lines because of all those dang colors and shading....
The Wilderness Press maps have far superior topo line demarcation compared to either Nat. Geo. or Tom Harrison maps.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteoakroscoe
EDIT, although given some of the posts Chick-on has made, I wouldn't be surprised if the ranger was looking for a little "medicine" in his pack that the federal government doesn't recognize as legal.
Chikin-nip?
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteplawrence
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You paid for gas at Crane Flat? I'm willing to bite the bullet and pay the "screw you surcharge, you're in yosemite" price for a six pack there, but gas is a whole other story. I fill up coming into Groveland and that's good for the trip. The closer you get to the Park, the more expensive ga
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteplawrence
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You paid for gas at Crane Flat? I'm willing to bite the bullet and pay the "screw you surcharge, you're in yosemite" price for a six pack there, but gas is a whole other story. I fill up coming into Groveland and that's good for the trip. The closer you get to the Park, the more expensive gas & booze gets.
Gasoline
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteplawrence
Quoteoakroscoe
You paid for gas at Crane Flat? I'm willing to bite the bullet and pay the "screw you surcharge, you're in yosemite" price for a six pack there, but gas is a whole other story. I fill up coming into Groveland and that's good for the trip. The closer you get to the Park, the more expensive gas & booze gets.
Gasoline in Groveland is quite expensive
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion QuoteDavidSenesac
Fine with me. I occasionally drive down river on that dusty road below the Briceberg Bridge crossing and camp at McCabe flat. After spring that section becomes hot, dry, and brown with few visitors other than a few rafters. Even during spring when things are nicely green, few bother using those areas. A snippet from the MG article:
"...That would bring the maximu
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion QuoteAlmostThere
You can be sure it was a king snake. There are no coral snakes here in Cali. The only venomous snakes are rattlers.
Can't the California Mountain Coral be found at elevations above 15k?
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General Discussion Quotechicagocwright
I don't want to start an enviromentalist fight: but have Bay area residents who are also enviromentalists forgiven the Hetch Hetchy flooding that Muir fought against? Or is there still a grudge? I know the history I just haven't seen any modern day discussion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restore_Hetch_Hetchy
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General Discussion http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/feathers-found-in-amber-provide-further-evidence-of-fluffy-dinosaurs.html
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General Discussion QuoteDavidK42
Just curious...how's this connected to Hetch Hetchy? Does the Tuolumne (or some diversion out of Hetch Hetchy) eventually end up in this reservoir?
See the map on this webpage:
http://bawsca.org/water-supply/hetch-hetchy-water-system/
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General Discussion Quotebuster
Quotechick-on
Any chance you went searching for the Old Yosemite Grant sign?
Interesting, what do you mean by sign? Is it just the benchmark/boundary marker of the old grant or is there a sign/plaque or something of that nature there?
Boundary marker.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotechick-on
With all due respect to that...
cmon.
How many bites in the Sierra? Find another one.
How many PCTers? How many bites?
I ain't biting. It's overblown.
It's undoubtedly the same guy that claimed to have been attacked by the black bear and hit by lightning.
(Chick-onKnowsWho-ly Yours)
The Marmots
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General Discussion QuoteAlmostThere
QuoteMom
Without the High Sierra Camps, the backcountry would be primarily for people in their 20s or early 30s.
I am routinely outhiked by retired people who backpack.
Your funny assumption makes me smile. I see MORE seasoned people in the backcountry than kids in their 20s. Some of them are still very active on Search and Rescue - one of them very persistently and p
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotechick-on
I have been told that they are going to change the name from
Tuolumne Meadows Lodge
to
Tuolumne Meadows Resort & Spa
This name change is scheduled to occur when they institute the valet parking capability.
(DrivenOverTheEdgely Yours)
The Marmots
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteszalkowski
Quoteplawrence
I have just three words for your two photos: out of date.
Maybe you should complain to the NPS - we're certain that they would be more than willing to remove those signs in order to comply with the obtusely fabricated whims of DNC's marketing department.
(LodgesAreForBeaversOnly Yours)
The Marmots
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_lodge#Lodges
For a
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteplawrence
I have just three words for your two photos: out of date.
Maybe you should complain to the NPS - we're certain that they would be more than willing to remove those signs in order to comply with the obtusely fabricated whims of DNC's marketing department.
(LodgesAreForBeaversOnly Yours)
The Marmots
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_lodge#Lodges
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotemrcondron
Quoteeeek
Quotey_p_wripped apart the gear shift to the point where it started rolling in neutral
Prius doesn't have a real gear shift. So I don't see how that could happen.
I'm not sure Prius is a real car.
It would seem that, historically, the bar hasn't been set too high for that designation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Koral
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/supernova-reaches-peak-brightness-grab-your-binoculars-and-look-up.html
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General Discussion Quotechicagocwright
Is there a story on why there isn't one on Half Dome?
Is there a story about why there should be one on Half Dome?
(NoParticularReasonFromOurViewpointly Yours)
The Marmots
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotetomdisco
Wow! That's the first time I've heard there is actually such a thing as a campfire ring destruction crew. I think most of us were under the impression they merely plotted them on GPS and requested new ones not be built.
I just dismantled one on Saturday that some idiots built less then 50 meters N from the overlook spur trail intersection at the top of Yosemite Falls.
(For th
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteplawrence
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Soooo...... let's call it Glacier Polish Hill, until something better comes along.
I was thinking something less original for now: Olmstead Rock or Olmstead Dome.
... or, perhaps, Olmsted Rock or Olmsted Dome?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted,_Jr.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotechicagocwright
As noted in my trip report my recent hike and inspired my father and I to plan a Mt. Whitney Summit trip. We would plan on a dayhike. In searching and planning for my other hike I came across a couple Whitney Portal sites but now not sure where they are.
Can someone make a couple suggestions for research into Mt. Whitney trips before I do a bunch of searching? After I do
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteeeek
QuoteherosemblemNow, Tlilley... a slow-moving vehicle which has great difficulty pulling out from a turnout (one which causes distant-yet-approaching vehicles to aggressively brake because of said slow vehicle entering the roadway) would indeed have the same difficulty pulling out from a stop sign, as you said.
But-- I don't understand the analogy with the stop signs.
The analogy is
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General Discussion Quotebuster
No, I haven't necessarily seen a plaque on a mountain before. On Mt Ansel Adams there is a memorial of sorts for Ansel Adams. At the base of Ribbon Falls there is a plaque/board for someone who died there. I have a picture of it somewhere, I'll try to find it when I get back home.
Unless documentation can be found that a particular plaque was placed with the consent of an appro
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotebuster
Also, a not well known fact is that the NPS is responsible for all the water and sewage at the camps. This amounts to a major subsidy of the camps from the NPS. Not sure if it would 'cancel' out the trail money they get, but there would be some savings.
Doesn't necessarily mean that they don't charge DNC for those services.
(PG&E and SCE are "responsible" for the e
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion