Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park to Open Wednesday
It will be a bit easier to negotiate Yosemite National Park on Wednesday. That's when the Tioga Road will open for the summer.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 19th, 2009 6:45pm
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Cables Are In Place On Half Dome in Yosemite National Park
Getting up Half Dome in Yosemite National Park got a little easier this past weekend. That's because the cables that give you something to hold onto as you scale the shoulder of the dome were put up for the season.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 17th, 2009 11:45am
Don't Take National Park Landscapes for Granted
How comfortable have we become with national park settings? With the big sweep of granite that frames the Yosemite Valley, with Old Faithful's not-quite-so-faithful demonstrations of steam and hot water, with the fall's colorful deciduous forests of Great Smoky and Shenandoah?
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 22nd, 2011 11:19am
Billing For Search and Rescue Missions -- Yes, or No?
Should search-and-rescue subjects be billed for the cost of their rescue? It's long been a thorny issue, one that organizations that respond to SARs long have opposed.
NASAR-Position Statement.pdf NASAR-Refusing Help.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 4th, 2009 9:19am
National Park Quiz 52: Celebrities
This week’s national park quiz marks the completion of one whole year’s worth of these puzzlers. Can you believe it? Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we'll sic the paparazzi on you.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 30th, 2011 9:45am
Staying Safe and How Not to Become A SAR Statistic in the National Park System
If you subconsciously want to become a search-and-rescue statistic in the National Park System, your best chance would be in either Grand Canyon National Park, Gateway National Recreation Area, or Yosemite National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 23rd, 2009 11:15am
UPDATED: Officials Confirm Recent Rockfall in Yosemite National Park was the Largest in Decades
Park officials have confirmed that a recent rockfall at Yosemite National Park was in fact the largest such documented event in the park more in than two decades. Part of a popular trail buried by the debris from the event remains closed.
- By Jim Burnett - April 10th, 2009 12:56pm
Where Does Your Reservation At Yosemite National Park Stand?
Rockfalls at Yosemite National Park have created a lodging problem in the Yosemite Valley, but it might not be as bad as you were initially led to think.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 3rd, 2009 9:42pm
National Park Quiz 47: Spring
Spring arrived at 11:44 UT last Friday, March 20, so let’s make spring the key word for this week’s quiz. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 101 times: “The celestial coordinate system that employs the vernal equinox as the origin of the ecliptic longitude is known as the ecliptic coordinate system.”
- By Bob Janiskee - October 30th, 2011 9:48am
Sections of Pacific Crest Trail Poached by Mountain Bikers; Could Problems Arise in National Parks?
The Pacific Crest Trail ranges from Canada to Mexico, running through Washington, Oregon, and California along the way, traversing not one but seven units of the National Park System in the process. While mountain bikers are not supposed to use the trail, recently some have been poaching sections in California.
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