- Winding Down on this Months Poll
- More Snow on the Way
- A Beautiful Christmas Eve
- Merry Christmas (1)
- Holidays and Christmas Bears
- Yosemite Lodge Holiday Hours
- Mom, I found a rock
- Mt Dana View
- Burnt Tree and El Capitain
- The Devil’s Bathtub - Clothing Optional (3)
- Fern Spring (1)
- First Light on the Falls
- Judge Throws Out Yosemite Death Lawsuit
- The Mystery of the Stone Chimney Solved (3)
- Ice
- Cold
- Reader Comments Are Like Christmas Everyday
- We’ve Been There A While Now (1)
- Road Into Yosemite
- Back of Half Dome in the Morning
- Animals Looking For A Room With A Better View
- Snow Day
- More Snow Headed For Yosemite
- Found: Stone Hearth
- Winter’s Here and So Are Icy and Snowy Roads
- November Poll Results and a NEW December Poll
- Ice Skating Anyone?
- I’m Looking For Your Feedback
- Another New Yosemite Cam
- NPS Wants Your Help With Yosemite Valley’s Roads
- 3 Feet Of Snow Expected By Friday Night (1)
- Superintendent Tollefson and Conservationists Agree, Budget Cuts Are Hurting Our National Parks
- A Few Days Left For This Months Poll
- Tioga Pass Open a Few Days More (1)
- Yes, It Will Cost More to Spend the Night in Yosemite Next Year (2)
- Sierra Glaciers Disappearing at Alarming Rate, Scientists Report
- Upper Pines Sold Out for Thanksgiving
- Happy Birthday Edie!
- Tioga Pass Cam Goes Active (2)
- Half Dome Crazy
- Reader Questions: What’s it like in December?
- Giant Sequoias Make a Lasting Impression
- Eyesore substation removed from Yosemite Valley
- Envoys from China Visit Yosemite
- End of the Month Poll Results and a New Poll (1)
- Happy Birthday Yosemite Blog!!!
- Some Changes Have Occurred Overnight (1)
- Yosemite Gets 5″ of Early Season Snow Forcing Closure of Glacier and Tioga Roads
- An Evening of Super Natural Fun in Yosemite
- This Just In: It’s Snowing.
- Rockfall Sends Dozens Fleeing
- Mist and John Muir Trail Close Temporarily While Repair Work Gets Underway
- Fall Colors
- Mt. Dana (1)
- View straight down from Half Dome (1)
- The Ahwahnee, National Historic Landmark
- The Ahwahnee by Gilbert Stanley Underwood
- Curry Village
- Only A Few Days Left Until Yosemite Climbing Art Auction
- Tuolumne Grove Closed For Fire Management
- Half Dome Cables Taken Down For Season
- A Simple Rule (3)
- 3 More Campgrounds Close for Season
- Something Interesting
- Road Work Ahead
- Help A Great Cause, Get Some Awesome Artwork
- Bodies found may be missing Yosemite tourists (1)
- Life Inside The Park
- When Passions Collide by Misha Logvinov
- Battle To Restore Hetch Hetchy Moves Into High Gear (1)
- NPS Special Agent Collapses on Mist Trail
- Mother, 60, possibly missing in Yosemite Area
- Fall is in the Air
- Keeping a Part of History
- Ranchers and Government Square Off Over Bighorns
- We Can Pull The Plug
- Half Dome Trail Almost Done. Cables To Be Taken Down Soon.
- Bus Stop Moved Due To Construction
- Want to help Yosemite? Now’s your chance.
- Ready for a little color?
- Saving The Bears
- Update: The Poll
- Mr. Cool
- Uh oh.
- Monitor Pass
- Lembert Dome and River
- Lembert Dome and Fog
- A Call For Photos
- Watching The Moon Rise
- Climber Perishes While Attempting Half Dome
- Cooks Meadow Trail Slated for Removal (1)
- Red Bears Debut Along Tioga Road (2)
- Come See The Fire
- We’re Off!
- Missing Backpacker Found
- Finally A Break
- Backpacker Missing in the White Wolf Area
- What A View
- Yosemite Meetup
- Then Why Are They Called Black Bears?
- 3 Campgrounds Closed for Season (1)
- Heading Out on the John Muir Trail? Don’t forget the fishing pole
- End of Summer (1)
- Climber Aims to Bring Awareness to Organ Donation
- A Question For The Readers (1)
- Working In Yosemite Experience To Remember For Interns
- Thinking About The John Muir Trail? Here’s One You’re Not Going To Want To Miss (5)
- 360 Degree Panorama from Matterhorn Peak (1)
- Pick Some Apples, Save Some Bears! (1)
- Congratulations Shannon and Chad (1)
- TV, Internet at lodges taint Yosemite’s allure for some
- Back Door Fire Scorching Earth Near Hodgdon Meadown
- Happy Birthday NPS (1)
- Water Involved Accidents Claim the Lives of Two Visitors
- How to Release a Fish in Fly Fishing
- Irish Citizen killed in Yosemite fall
- Body of Missing Kayaker Found
- Date of Adams Photograph Finally Uncovered (1)
- Legal Wrangling Could End Climbing In Yosemite (3)
- August - September Poll is Up
- Yosemite Blog Poll: NPS Should Limit the Amount of Motor Vehicles Entering the Park
- ‘Shattered Air’ Remembered A Little Differently By Hikers
- YODOGS: Yosemite’s Four Footed Heroes (1)
- A Get Together in Yosemite (1)
- Rangers Offer Advice for Staying Safe
- Going hiking in Yosemite? Keep on your toes. (1)
- A Spectacular Light Show Comes to Yosemite
- Ahn Likely Killed Traversing Creek
- Thank you
- Yosemite Body Identified as Missing UCD Student
- A peaceful pond near Tioga Pass
- More Information Revealed on Hikers Death (1)
- Body Found In Tenaya Canyon May Be Missing UD Davis Student
- Mt. Watkins and Tenaya Canyon
- It was hot.
- 139 so far. (2)
- Hiker Missing Presumed Dead After Being Swept Over Falls
- Missing Person: Hyundo Ahn
- Half Dome Summit Panorama
- Looking for some great information on Yosemite?
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- Backpack The High Country In Style
- Bear Activity
- No New Clues In Search For Missing Backpacker
- The Modesto Bee lists Yosemite Blog
- Yosemite Flood
- Searchers Focusing on Merced Lake for Missing UC Davis Student
- Matthes Crest
- Summit Meadow
- Good News
- How To Contact Me Through Email
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- Bird of Paradise: High Sierra Vacation (1)
- Limiting Visitors to the Park
- U.C. Davis Student in Yosemite Along John Muir Trail
- Tyrolean Traverse
- Plan on hitting the water? Be careful.
- Bears!
- New Rules Put Rangers and Climbers At Odds
- I have the most (2)
- The Best Job In The World
- Scripps Howard News Service (1)
- Missing Cars Big Problem In Yosemite
- What’s eating the trees?
- Hetch Hetchy: Just Another Damn Getting Demolished
- Don’t tear down Yosemite’s dam / Drain the reservoir, you’ll get swamps and mosquitoes
- Hiking in Tuolumne Meadows, Parker Pass and Mono Pass
- Unusual Snow Pack Spells Trouble For Even Experienced Hikers (2)
- A Walk on the Wild Side
- Yosemite Camping Reservations
- Campground Openings (1)
- Flower (1)
- Missing Scout Leaving Clues
- Sierra Clouds
- Joseph LeConte
- New Poll for July
- Poll Results: Should Hetch Hetchy be restored?
- The Yosemite
- Yosemite On The 4th of July
- Happy 4th of July
- Yosemite Filling Up Fast
- Family Of Missing Hiker Asks For Help (1)
- Summertime Spells Long Lines and Traffic Jams
- Search For Missing Hiker Continues
- Lee Vining Comes To Life As Pass Opens
- Lembert Dome (1)
- Yosemite Weddings: Something To Remember Forever (2)
- Visitor Activities in Yosemite (1)
- Bears Look For Free Lunch In Climbers Haul Bags
- Tioga Road is Open
- Can You Help Find A Missing Hiker In Yosemite?
- Climber Rescued From El Capitan After Fall
- How To Get The Most Out Of Your Trip To Yosemite
- Kayaker Missing Near Yosemite (1)
- Some Yosemite Camps To Remain Closed (1)
- Yosemite Open House
- Bear Tracks
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- High Sierra Camps To Remain Closed. Tioga Pass Opens Friday. (1)
- Dan Mitchell:A most ‘excellent’ photographer (1)
- First Tourist Visitors to Yo Semite, by James M. Hutchings (1888) (1)
- Half Dome Cables Are Up
- Trekking For A Cause
- Bear Boxes in the Sierra Nevada
- How Well Do You Know The Tioga Road?
- Returning To Yosemite
- Credit To The Photographer
- Cleaning Up The Mess (1)
- Yosemite Landscapes Collection On Display At Museum Gallery
- Half Dome (3)
- Talking About Hetch Hetchy
- Rangers Are Ready. Where Are The Bears? (1)
- Hetch Hetchy (2)
- Big Battle Over Hetch Hetchy Looming In The Near Future
- Checking Up On The Poll Results
- Take Your Computer (1)
- Valley Wildflowers (1)
- Tenaya Lodge Rolls Red Carpet for Rover
- Prescribed Burning Ready to Begin
- Nevada Falls
- Nevada Fall
- A Letter From A Reader
- My body is sliding out of control towards the base of the upper falls. Before I even let out a scream, I plunge into the roaring rapids… (1)
- Tioga Road Cleared But Not Ready For Business
- Where Have All The Rangers Gone? (1)
- Have You Voted Yet? (2)
- What is your favorite thing to do in Yosemite? (1)
- Yosemite Blog Given 8 Stars from BlogCruiser (1)
- Bear Foraging For Food
- Sunrise and Half Dome
- Burning Set To Begin In Yosemite
- Of Road Work and Potholes
- Off For The Weekend.
- Raising a Family in the Backcountry
- Sierra Passes Opening For Memorial Day Travel
- Tioga Road Update
- Glacier Point Road Open
- Yosemite Awash In A Flood - Of Visitors
- Lots and Lots of Water (1)
- Half Dome Cable Ladder
- Site Maintenance
- Biking Through California’s National Parks
- Marty the Marmot
- Yosemite Valley Open But Beware of High Water (1)
- Spend Eternity In Yosemite
- High Water On The Way For This Weekend
- Unusually Large Snow Pack Hindering Opening Of Tioga Road
- Merced On The Rise Again
- Current Water Level At Pohono Bridge
- Yosemite Valley Under Flood Advisory
- It’s All In How You Say It
- A Story, A Moral, and Some Sage Words
- Weekend Weather Forecast May 20th - 22nd
- Headed Up To Yosemite This Weekend? Here’s What To Expect. (1)
- Coyote in Yosemite
- Yosemite Falls and the Merced River
- Roads To Valley Are Open (1)
- After The Flood: A Look At The Damage (1)
- Flooded Yosemite
- How The River Flows
- Lower Yosemite Falls Flooding
- More Flood Images
- Flooding closes Yosemite Valley to traffic
- Edie Reports From Inside The Flooded Yosemite Valley
- Yosemite Flood Update
- YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING!
- Spring Runoff Causing Problems Within Yosemite (2)
- A Better Map For A Better Vacation (1)
- Two New Books
- What are the piles of brush alongside the roads into Yosemite that have paper on top?
- Yosemite Valley Trails Update
- Northside Drive Set To Reopen
- Glacier Point and Tioga Road Plowing Update Friday May 13th 2005
- Trees and Fog
- Waterfalls Make Big Impact With Yosemite Sight-Seers
- Snow Advisory - Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to Kings Canyon
- Stephen Mather, First Director of the National Park Service
- The Ahwahnee (1)
- Glory of Yosemite by Patricia Wagner
- Lee Stetson and Ranger Shelton Johnson Reprise Roles To Kick Off Yosemite Theater
- Coyotes: Another of Yosemite’s Wildlife (1)
- Return To The South Fork Of The Merced. By Ryan Zondervan (1)
- Poll Results for the week of April 25th through April 30th
- Snow Plowing Report May 3rd 2005
- Road Report: Highway 140 Repairs Underway
- Trout Season Opens Saturday
- Lower Yosemite Fall
- Half Dome
- Half Dome and El Capitan (1)
- Bald Eagles Make Nest Just Outside of Yosemite National Park
- April 25 Tioga and Glacier Point Road Snow Plowing Progress
- Mono Lake Finishes Season With Record Snow/Rain (1)
- Yosemite Association Offers A Very Special Mothers Day in Yosemite
- New Buses Mean Quieter Yosemite Valley (2)
- Yosemite Falls Voted #1 Hike By Yosemite Blog Readers
- See America’s National Parks and Yosemite in Style Aboard The American Orient Express
- A Beautiful Yosemite Morning
- Yosemite Falls x 4
- The Bears Return to Tuolumne Meadows
- Spring Plowing Has Begun on the Tioga and Glacier Point Roads
- Martinez Honors Yosemite Conservationist John Muir at Earth Day Event
- The Hidden Heroes (2)
- Which Hike Is Your Favorite
- Smoky Half Dome
- EPA Gets Reprieve On Yosemite Smog…Temporarily
- Taking Time To Smell The Flowers (1)
- L. H. Bunnell and the Discovery of The Yosemite
- Something Fun and New at Yosemite Blog
- Yosemite Blog Awarded Blog of the Day
- The Famous Yosemite Firefall Lives On In Memory
- Yosemite’s Tuolumne River One of the Country’s Most Endangered
- Hiking With Kids: When Lost, Hug a Tree
- Gas Prices Continuing to Climb
- Spring Inspires Climbers (1)
- A Yosemite Trip They’ll Never Forget
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- Lower Falls in Snow
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- Ooopsie.
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- Photography101: Going Macro on Cloudy Days (1)
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- Visitors Center Moved for Winter
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