| Hwy 140 | Open |
| Hwy 120 | Open |
| Hwy 41 | Open |
| Badger Pass | Closed |
| Big Trees | Open |
| Glacier Point | Closed |
| Tioga Pass | Closed |
Yosemite Lodging for rent INSIDE the entrance gates of Yosemite National Park! We are proud to offer the following Yosemite lodging for rent. |
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We were driving down Hwy 140 today and ran across the helicopter checking out the power lines down by Arch Rock. It was amazing to watch his skill and how close he got to the lines.
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Daily Report - Yosemite National Park El Portal: Today: Sunny, with a high near 79. East northeast wind 6 to 10 New Today |
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Falling boulders may force the closing some cabins at Yosemite Park
By TRACIE CONE , Associated Press November 17, 2008 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK For a decade, the National Park Service has known that the 3,000-foot granite cliff hanging over a tourist village at Yosemite is susceptible to colossal rockslides like one last month that crushed cabins and sent schoolchildren running for their lives. An Associated Press examination of records found that rock falls in and around 600-cabin Curry Village have been happening more frequently in the past several years, with two people killed and about two dozen injured since 1996. |
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Wawona Service Station Open! The Wawona Service Station has re-opened for |
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK Stranded Hiker Rescued From Park’s High Country On November 10th, rangers learned that a solo backcountry hiker was overdue from a hike to an unknown location somewhere within the park. Steve Frazier had begun what he’d planned to be a five day trip in perfect weather on October 28th. Over the next three days, Frazier hiked more than 20 miles into the heart of the park’s wilderness. He set up camp at an elevation of 9,700 feet near Red Devil Lake as snow began falling on the evening of October 30th. This was the first significant storm of the developing winter season and it continued for three days, blanketing the High Sierra under nearly two feet of snow. The snow obscured the trail Frazier had been following, effectively trapping him at that location. He spent the next twelve days hunkered down in his tent, hoping to be rescued and rationing his remaining two days of food. Since Frazier had not told anyone of his plans, though, the rescue was long in coming. It was only after a list of missed commitments and appointments began to accumulate (including a missed plane flight home on November 9th), that questions regarding his whereabouts began to arise. Amazingly, searchers spotted the missing hiker and his camp from the air on their very first pass over the area and soon contacted a very happy Frazier, who was in remarkably good shape for someone who’d had almost no food for 12 days. Frazier made some initial bad decisions, particularly in his failure to leave a detailed route plan with someone who could report him overdue on an agreed-upon date, but made better decisions when the storm hit. He’d attempted to hike out, but didn’t go far before he realized that it was too difficult in deep snow and that he’d likely get into more trouble. So he stayed in his tent, rationed his food, stomped out an “SOS” in the snow, used his pot as a shovel to keep a clear area around the tent, and above all kept a positive attitude. |
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Daily Report - Yosemite National Park El Portal: Today: Sunny, with a high near 83. East northeast wind 5 to 9 New Today |
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The weather in Yosemite has been nothing but perfect, warm days with above normal temperatures. It has been almost hot with 70's to 80's in the sunny areas. This got me thinking about cooloer days so here is a photo of Yosemite in winter taken last winter. |
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Daily Report - Yosemite National Park El Portal: Today: Sunny, with a high near 85. East northeast wind at 10 mph Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 7 to 9 mph becoming New Today |
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Yosemite National Park's leader says farewell By Mark Grossi / The Fresno Bee 11/15/08 22:41:47 YOSEMITE VALLEY -- Unpacking his car after a trip last month, Yosemite National Park boss Mike Tollefson chatted with an intimidating visitor lying next to his sidewalk -- a deer with a large rack of antlers. "I was trying to have this conversation with him, mostly so he wouldn't be startled," he said. "I wanted to be really careful." Whether he's speaking to a buck mule deer in the front yard or an environmental pit bull in the courtroom, careful conversations have defined Tollefson's life for six years in the park. All that will end in January. |
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