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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Your Yosemite Weekend Getaway
California is a big place, but it’s not so big that you can’t get to Yosemite National Park for a weekend trip. Flights from within the state aren’t that expensive, and driving there is beautiful. This summer, take a little time for yourself and visit Yosemite for a weekend getaway. Here are a few tips [...]
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Yosemite Summer Lodging Tips and Advice
If you’re planning to visit Yosemite National Park this summer, now is the time to start making your reservations. Reserve your climbing permits, plan your equipment rentals, and above all else, reserve your Yosemite lodging as soon as possible. Summer is the most popular season at the Park, and with good reason. Don’t wait and [...]
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Yosemite Romantic Vacations
Spring is the perfect time of year to plan a romantic getaway to Yosemite National Park. Plan a weekend excursion or a week long escape — you’ll have numerous opportunities for fun and romance, and we’ve got wonderful Yosemite romantic cabins to perfect your stay. During the spring the weather starts to warm up, but [...]
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Half Dome Permits May Be Reduced
The National Park Service has put forth a new proposal that aims to reduce the number of permits issued to hike Half Dome. If the proposal is accepted, which seems rather likely at this point, the number of hikers who would be allowed to climb Half Dome every day would be reduced to 300. Currently [...]
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Beautiful Glacier Point
Glacier Point is considered one of the best lookout spots in the entire country, and some would argue, in the whole world. Glacier Point is located on the south wall of Yosemite Valley at an elevation of over 7,000 feet. It stands 3,200 feet above Curry Village. From Glacier Point the entire Yosemite Valley can [...]
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Fun Yosemite Winter Activities
Winter is considered one of the best times of year to visit Yosemite National Park. This is because winter in Yosemite is cold but temperate, creating idyllic conditions for hikes, ice-skating, skiing, photography, and other adventures in the park. It’s the time of year that sees the least visitors to Yosemite, so you can enjoy [...]
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Yosemite Photography Classes
Many photographers feel that their cameras are much smarter than they are. We tend to buy fancy cameras that have multiple modes and speeds and settings that most of us never learn to use. Terry Gardner recently got tired of this fact and decided to take some of the photography classes offered at the Ansel [...]
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Yosemite Sledding and Tubing
Yosemite National Park is an ideal place to take your children to experience the joy of a winter wonderland. Children who don’t typically get to see snow as well as those that live in snowy areas can both revel in the beauty and excitement of winter in Yosemite. Among the favorite kid’s activities in Yosemite [...]
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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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No Snow, Now Problem
Visitors to Yosemite National Park this winter are in for a real treat. Due to unseasonably low snow levels, the park has frozen over creating a winter landscape that is unlike any previous winter in Yosemite. Skiers and snowboarders may be disappointed by the lack of snow on the slopes at the Badger Pass Ski [...]
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Yosemite Skiing Tips
Many people enjoy coming to Yosemite National Park during the winter to enjoy the great family skiing available in the Badger Pass Ski Area. Yosemite downhill skiing is geared towards families, as Yosemite is the perfect place to learn how to ski or to enjoy a skiing vacation with your children or novice to intermediate [...]
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Yosemite Cabin & Home Rental vs. Hotels
A Yosemite cabin rental has a number of advantages over staying in a hotel room. For example, with a Yosemite cabin rental you’ll have more space, more beds to go around, more bathrooms, and a better ambience than you would in Yosemite hotels. But perhaps one of the greatest advantages of staying in Yosemite vacation [...]
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Yosemite Vacation Homes Present More Value
More and more travelers are learning that hotel rooms have little to offer in comparison to the comfort and savings of Yosemite vacation homes. However, despite the fact that a Yosemite cabin rental can cost less than a hotel reservation, many travelers still choose the old standard of staying in Yosemite hotels. If you’re planning [...]
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