The National Park Service has released a new report analyzing the positive economic effects of the national parks on the US economy. According to the report, Yosemite National Park had more than four million visitors in 2010, and those visitors spent a total of $354.7 million in the park and the surrounding areas. The spending [...]
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Horsetail Fall Turns to Lava
Yosemite National Park has a number of famous waterfalls — Yosemite Fall, Bridalveil Falls, Vernal Fall, and Sentinel Falls, just to name a few. But Yosemite has another kind of waterfall that only shows itself for a short window in February: the Yosemite firefall. The vast majority of the time, Horsetail Fall looks a lot [...]
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Snow, Snow Everywhere
If you’re like the rest of winter in Yosemite fans, chances are that you have been waiting ever so anxiously for snow. Usually, snow has covered Yosemite by this time, but this year the powder took longer than anticipated to reach this National Park. Now, we’re happy to say that the snow is finally here! [...]
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New Yosemite Visitor Center
Representative Jeff Denham has introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress that would allow the National Park Service to acquire up to 18 acres of land from Mariposa County in order to establish a visitor center for Yosemite National Park. In his proposal Denham says that the acquisition would have no cost to taxpayers because the funds [...]
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Yosemite’s El Capitan Rock Climbers
Speed climbers Hans Florine and Alex Honnold are determined to break the speed climbing record for El Capitan’s famous Nose root. Known all over the world by climbing enthusiasts, the Nose is perhaps the most famous climbing route anywhere. It was first forged in 1957 by George Whitmore and Rich Calderwood. It took the pair [...]
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Merced River May Limit Park Access
Yosemite National Park officials are looking to the local community and the millions of people who visit annually to come up with a public plan for both protecting Yosemite’s natural wonders and ensuring access to its most valued activities. The problem is that Yosemite National Park has more visitors each year than it is able [...]
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Yosemite Campsite Reservation Ticket Scalpers
Yosemite National Park is cracking down on campers who purchase scalped campsite reservations. Some of the most popular campsites at Yosemite book up months in advance, especially reservations for the summer months. Scalpers take advantage of this by making multiple reservations and then selling those reservations at inflated prices on such sites as Craigslist. While [...]
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Tioga Road Finally Opens
Tioga Road was reopened on June 18th. The news of the road’s opening has been extremely well-received by visitors of the park, as Tioga Road is the most popular east-west crossing of Yosemite. Destinations along the road include White Wolf, Yosemite Creek, Porcupine Flat, Olmsted point, and Tuolumne Meadows. The road is closed the winter [...]
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