Yosemite National Park will reopen its gates Monday after a series of winter storms caused damage and forced the closure of the park two weeks ago. For the first week of February, visitors can show up at the park without a reservation. Between Feb. 8 and through the end of the month, however, visitors will […]
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Being cooped up at home is no fun for humans, but bears are making the most of the extra space at California’s shuttered Yosemite National Park. “The bears are just literally walking down the road to get to where they need to go,” Ranger Katie Patrick said during a Facebook Live event on Sunday. She is a wildlife biologist […]
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A Yosemite National Park visitor died after falling from the cables at the Half Dome on Thursday morning, according to National Park officials. 29-year-old Danielle Burnett, from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, fell over 500 feet down a rocky surface and was pronounced dead when the Park Rangers arrived on the scene, National Park Public Affairs […]
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Making it to the top of El Capitan is a daunting feat even for the most experienced climbers. Selah Schneiter, 10, was practically born to do it. The precocious climber made history last week when she became the youngest person on record to scale the famed, 3,000-foot vertical rock formation in California’s Yosemite National Park. Sitting alongside her […]
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CREATING AN IMPROMPTU WATERFALL… at home? You could fashion a super-miniature one, in the sink, for a moment, with a spoon or another kitchen implement. But the water that falls from the utensil will be weensy driplets, at best, and not the roaring, powerful, almost indescribably vast scene found at an actual waterfall on the […]
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The winter phenomenon known as the “firefall” is once again putting on a show in Yosemite National Park. Check out the gallery below to see snapshots from photographers who managed to capture the magical sight, which happens when the setting sun hits a waterfall at just the right angle. https://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/476*714/DzwX-BlVYAEstjn.jpg The “firefall” at Yosemite National […]
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Talk about being at the right place and the right time. Matthew Dippel was hiking in Yosemite National Park on Oct. 6 when he asked a friend to stand on Taft Point so he could snap a photo of him. While waiting for his friend to reach the popular overlook, Dippel noticed a couple in […]
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An Indian couple who fell to their deaths from a popular overlook at Yosemite National Park in the western U.S. was apparently taking a selfie, the man’s brother said Tuesday. Park rangers recovered the bodies of 29-year-old Vishnu Viswanath and 30-year-old Meenakshi Moorthy on Thursday from about 800 feet below Taft Point, where visitors can walk to […]
