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Post by Owen on Oct 18, 2019 1:49:25 GMT
6 ~~~ Yosemite National Park Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia ~~~ Yosemite National Park sits on the western slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Most visitors spend their time in Yosemite Valley, which despite being only 7 miles long and 1 mile wide,
packs in more jaw-dropping scenery than just about any other place on Earth.
Near the valley entrance stop at Tunnel View, and stand before a panorama that’s reduced generations of visitors to silence.
From Tunnel View it’s just a short drive to Bridalveil Fall. Fed by snowmelt, the fall reaches its thundering peak in May.
The Yosemite Valley ring road follows the banks of the Merced River, which shifts in character as it thunders from the valley walls, before gently winding across the valley floor.
The ring road is dotted with trailheads that lead to 800 miles of hiking trails.
The Four Mile Trail climbs the valley’s southern wall to two of Yosemite’s great outlooks, Glacier Point and Washburn Point.
Further along the ring road is the trailhead for The Mist Trail, which offers stunning views of Vernal and Nevada Falls.
For thousands of years, the Ahwaneechee had villages throughout this valley, but it was at the base of Yosemite Falls where their great chief resided.
Take the one-hour hike to the lower falls, or spend the day climbing all the way to the upper falls.
To the north of Yosemite Valley, is Tioga Road, one of the USA’s most scenic highways.
Fill your lungs with alpine air at Olmsted Point, refresh yourself by the waters of Tenaya Lake,
then spend the day at Tuolumne Meadow, the traditional summer hunting grounds of the Ahwaneechee.
From its high country to its waterfalls, its towering sequoia groves to its valley meadows, Yosemite is an American story unlike any other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fJEFi3ccwI ~ 9:20 ~ Expedia ~ Oct 31, 2016 ~ |
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Post by Owen on Oct 14, 2021 17:39:58 GMT
6A ~~~ Yosemite National Park 4K - Scenic Drive - Yosemite Valley
Tuesday afternoon drive into Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park in California. Home to El Capitan at 12:47, the rock face that Alex Honnold climbs with no ropes or safety gear. First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more.
Yosemite National Park is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an area of 759,620 acres (1,187 sq mi; 3,074 km2) and sits in four counties – centered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north and east to Mono and south to Madera County. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness.
Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a diversity of plants and animals. The park has an elevation range from 2,127 to 13,114 feet (648 to 3,997 m) and contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral and oak woodland, lower montane forest, upper montane forest, subalpine zone, and alpine. Of California's 7,000 plant species, approximately 50% occur in the Sierra Nevada and more than 20% are within Yosemite. The park contains suitable habitat for more than 160 rare plants, with rare local geologic formations and unique soils characterizing the restricted ranges many of these plants occupy.
The geology of the Yosemite area is characterized by granitic rocks and remnants of older rock. About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and then tilted to form its relatively gentle western slopes and the more dramatic eastern slopes. The uplift increased the steepness of stream and river beds, resulting in the formation of deep, narrow canyons. About one million years ago, snow and ice accumulated, forming glaciers at the higher alpine meadows that moved down the river valleys. Ice thickness in Yosemite Valley may have reached 4,000 feet (1,200 m) during the early glacial episode. The downslope movement of the ice masses cut and sculpted the U-shaped valley that attracts so many visitors to its scenic vistas today.
Yosemite was central to the development of the national park idea. Galen Clark and others lobbied to protect Yosemite Valley from development, ultimately leading to President Abraham Lincoln's signing the Yosemite Grant in 1864. John Muir led a successful movement to have Congress establish a larger national park by 1890, one which encompassed the valley and its surrounding mountains and forests, paving the way for the National Park System. Yosemite now draws about four million visitors each year, and most visitors spend the majority of their time in the seven square miles (18 km2) of Yosemite Valley. The park set a visitation record in 2016, surpassing five million visitors for the first time in its history. The park began requiring reservations to access the park during peak periods starting in 2020 as a response to the rise in visitors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Parkwww.nps.gov/yose/index.htm |
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Post by Owen on Feb 18, 2024 10:44:51 GMT
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Post by Owen on Feb 19, 2024 0:05:48 GMT
8 ~~~ FIREFALL - A Waterfall That Looks on Fire at Sunset Firefall is one of Yosemite National Parks most amazing spectacles. m.youtube.com/watch?v=IVE6naG4pqw ~ 3:54 ~ 2021 February ~ 179K views ~ Wonder World ~ m.youtube.com/@wonderworldytc/videosAround the second week of February, the setting sun hits Horsetail Falls at just the right angle, to illuminate the upper reaches of the waterfall, and when conditions are perfect, Horsetail Falls glows orange and red at sunset, giving the illusion it’s on fire. As the sun sets, and dips behind the horizon line, everything will begin to go dark and it will seem, for a moment, as if the Firefall has failed to ignite. But as the last of the sunlight disappears, it will hit and reflect off the falls at the exact right angle, creating a spectacular if short-lived effect, that looks like a beautiful flowing cascade of fluid fire. The phenomenon known as "Firefall" draws scores of photographers to a spot near Horsetail Fall, which flows down the granite face of the park's famed rock formation, El Capitan. Firefall got it’s name from a summer time event, that began in 1872 and continued for almost a century, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point, to the valley below, and from a distance it appeared as a glowing waterfall of fire. The Firefall hot coals event, ended in 1968, when the National Park Service deemed it was a fire hazard. Thanks for watching |
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Post by Owen on Feb 19, 2024 0:21:48 GMT
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Post by Owen on Feb 19, 2024 1:13:19 GMT
10 ~~~ Yosemite Falls MOONBOW! | ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Guide to seeing and photographing incredible LUNAR rainbow! [4K] Rainbows at night?! On nights with a full moon in Yosemite National Park in the mist of Yosemite Falls, the elusive moonbow becomes visible! Learn where, when, and how to capture this incredible lunar rainbow! m.youtube.com/watch?v=38czQXvwIyg ~ 10:41 ~ 2024 February ~ 245 Views ~ Dan Treks ~ m.youtube.com/@dantreks/videos |
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Post by Owen on Feb 19, 2024 1:21:49 GMT
11 ~~~ YOSEMITE 2024 BEST Hikes, Waterfalls, Mist Trail, Half Dome, Camping | National Park Guide Explore & hike Yosemite Valley, the Mist Trail, Tioga Road, Yosemite Falls, Glacier Point, and learn how to hike Half Dome in this complete guide to Yosemite's best! m.youtube.com/watch?v=CvVEubSERN4 ~ 20:54 ~ 2022 January ~ 12K Views ~ Dan Treks ~ m.youtube.com/@dantreks/videosYosemite Guide: www.dantreks.com/yosemite-national-park-guideHalf Dome Guide: www.dantreks.com/hiking-half-dome-guideHalf Dome Permit Lottery: www.recreation.gov/permits/234652More guides and videos: www.dantreks.com/Clips from the following movies used under the Copyright Act of 1976 (Fair Use): Free Solo (2018, National Geographic Documentary Films) Hiking Half Dome at Yosemite National Park (2019, National Park Service) *UAS/Drone launched, operated, and landed outside of Kings Canyon National Park and Yosemite National Park |
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Post by Owen on Feb 19, 2024 6:03:39 GMT
12 ~~~ Yosemite's Best Day Hikes for 1-5 Day Visits (Great for First Timers!) After years of hiking through Yosemite, here are the hikes I would do if I only had 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days to spend in the park. First, I explain how I made my choices, then I go through 5 different itineraries for each time period. Feel free to skip around using the TOC timeline or the timestamps below. m.youtube.com/watch?v=kWAUCyhlB1k ~ 22:38 ~ 2021 March ~ 63K Views ~ Backcountry Pilgrim ~ m.youtube.com/@backcountrypilgrim/videosNOTE that Yosemite regularly closes roads and trails, check the park's website (see link below) before committing and always have a backup plan! 0:00 Introduction 2:09 My Hike Criteria 5:29 Winter Season Considerations 7:35 IF I HAD ONE DAY IN YOSEMITE 8:03 Valley Drive 8:36 Bridalveil Falls 9:02 Lower Yosemite Falls 9:30 Tunnel View 9:52 Taft Point 10:21 Glacier Point 11:08 IF I HAD TWO DAYS IN YOSEMITE 11:27 El Capitan Base 12:00 Sentinel Dome / Taft Point 13:07 IF I HAD THREE DAYS IN YOSEMITE 13:23 Vernal Falls / Nevada Falls (Mist Trail / John Muir Trail)* 15:09 *Alternatives for Advanced Hikers 15:22 Half Dome Climb 17:23 Four Mile to Panorama to Mist/JMT Loop 18:43 IF I HAD FOUR DAYS IN YOSEMITE 19:07 Cloud's Rest 20:08 IF I HAD FIVE DAYS IN YOSEMITE 21:08 Mt. Hoffman 21:30 Mt. Dana 21:58 Fish Tacos 22:07 Conclusion |
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