Yosemite Valley News

This wilderness is a spellbinding monument to glaciation and the fjords created by the recession of ice during the last ice age.

Rising nearly 5,000 feet above Yosemite Valley and 8,800 feet above sea level, Half Dome is a Yosemite icon and a great challenge to many hikers.

"Sauntering up the Yosemite Valley, through meadow and grove, in the company of these majestic rocks, which seem to follow us as we advance, gazing, admiring, looking for new wonders ahead where all about us is so wonderful, the thunder of the Yosemite Fall is heard, and we arrive in front of the Sentinel Rock it is revealed in all its glory from ... (more)

This past Friday, just in time for the busy Memorial Day Weekend, the climbing cables were put in place on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park , opening the door for hikers and backpackers to hit the iconic trail.

The National Park Service runs tour buses in Yosemite Valley. For a fee, visitors may join the opoen air bus tours with narration on the natural details - flora, fauna, geology, and history.

I'd read the stories of course, the ones about hapless tourists falling victim to all manner of holiday disasters because they blithely followed the instructions of the electronic voice emitting from their GPS devices.

The cables allowing access for hikers to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park will be in place and open for the season on Friday, May 25th, weather permitting.

Foot travel has been the way of the wayfarer since men and women were still dragging their knuckles.

The average cost of driving to Yosemite Valley or South Lake Tahoe is $35 for cars , $45 for SUVs.

See more videos at http://parks.mapquest.com/national-parks/featured-parks/. From the Yosemite Valley to the giant sequoia groves, Yosemite National Park is treasured for its beauty, its history and its opportunity for adventure.

"Yosemite Valley is situated in the basin of the Merced River at an elevation of 4,000 feet above the level of the sea.

You need not venture to the peaks of Everest or roam the baking sands of the Sahara in search of adventure.

Yosemite Falls, seen here from Yosemite Valley, is one of the national park's great attractions that will be visible to all who access views of the waterworks online.

Near the end of April, I had to share Sentinel Beach with a couple. By June, the Yosemite Valley will be crazy with tourists.

A local mill is "busy as all get out," stated one happy logger who's part of the growing resurgence of Oregon's estimated $60 billion timber industry that offers America business much more than building materials.

Yosemite's waterfalls are flowing close to peak now, especially with the below average snow pack in the mountains.

Mirror Lake, in the early morning, on a very picturesque day. The lake is located in Yosemite Valley in the Tenaya Canyon area and is considered to be a seasonal lake.