Yosemite National Park

A Popular Overlook in Yosemite Gets a Makeover

For the past 75 years, one of the most popular scenic overlooks in Yosemite National Park has lured visitors with its memory-making views of Yosemite Valley, El Capitan, Bridalveil Fall, and Half Dome. During the height of the visitor season, an estimated 5,000-7,000 people stop at Tunnel View Overlook each day. The view hasn't changed, but the overlook itself has received a makeover.

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By Jim Burnett - October 27th, 2008 9:03am

Rockfalls Down Upon Curry Camp in Yosemite National Park Are Not Unusual

The most recent rockfalls from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park are not the first to shower Curry Camp and certainly won't be the last. With that in mind, geologists are taking a close look at Glacier Point to try to determine just how safe, or unsafe, its rock face is.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 16th, 2008 7:36pm

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The Lost Arrow Spire Highline in Yosemite National Park is a Slackliner’s Dream and an Acrophobe’s Nightmare

So, you think you’re ready for the Lost Arrow Spire Highline? Have a look at this videoclip and see if you still feel that way.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 14th, 2008 3:35pm

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Trails I've Hiked: John Muir Trail, Lyell Fork drainage, Yosemite National Park

Woven tufts of gold knit the meadows together, thick pine forests give way to observation towers of granite and sky-scraping peaks, and a river runs through it. That's the setting the John Muir Trail wanders through in the High Sierra of Yosemite National Park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 9th, 2008 6:51pm

Imagine the Impacts of Climate Change on the National Park System

Imagine Yosemite National Park without Yosemite Fall. Or Glacier National Park without glaciers. Or Old Faithful becoming less faithful. Across the National Park System, the effects of climate change could be quite dramatic.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 11th, 2008 4:54pm

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Musings from Yosemite National Park

There arguably is no national park that better showcases geology than Yosemite National Park. Sure, Arches National Park offers more arches in one place than anywhere else on the planet, and Grand Canyon National Park has that incredible gouge. But stand before Half Dome or El Capitan and you can't help but marvel.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 10th, 2008 6:21pm

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place in Yosemite

Yosemite Junipers, Copyright Kurt Repanshek

Tenacious. That pretty much sums up the junipers that somehow found purchase in cracks in the granite domes that you find along the Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park. These trees have been hanging on for a long, long time in the granite landscape you can find across from Olmsted Point.

While it's amazing to gaze at these trees from the pullout at Olmsted Point, scampering up onto the granite for a close-up view of these trees is worth the added time. Only by doing so can you appreciate the twisted limbs, the worn and weathered bark, the sheer tenacity of these trees.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 10th, 2008 10:43am

Rock Falls Close Curry Village Lodgings in Yosemite National Park

Two rock falls from the face of Glacier Point -- one described as perhaps the largest ever seen -- have closed the lodgings in Curry Village on the floor of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park. While there were some injuries reported, fortunately no one was killed.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 8th, 2008 9:17pm

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Yosemite National Park Staff Helped Locate and Investigate the Fossett Crash Site in the Sierra Nevadas

A year-long search for missing billionaire adventurer Steve Fossett was finally brought to a close with an accidental discovery by a man and his dog hiking in the Sierra Nevada wilderness. Yosemite staff played a key role in helping to locate and investigate the crash site.

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By Jim Burnett - October 6th, 2008 11:47am

Park History: Yosemite National Park

Older than Yellowstone National Park in terms of being set aside for the public's enjoyment, Yosemite National Park could fairly be called the elder statesman of the National Park System. And, no doubt, there are those who would say Yosemite's scenery is second to none in the system.

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By Kurt Repanshek - September 29th, 2008 3:36pm

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