Yosemite Wilderness Stewardship Plan
Comments for Public Scoping By John P. DeGrazio Yosemite National Park is currently accepting public comments for a proposed Wilderness Stewardship Plan until January 29, 2016. Part of the plan will focus on “the need to determine the extent to which commercial services will be performed in the Yosemite Wilderness.” As a commercial service provider who loves […]
Yosemite Snowshoe Adventures Await
Badger Pass Opens December 12, 2015 By John P. DeGrazio Explore Yosemite National Park on a pair of snowshoes to see the dramatic cliffs from 3000 feet above the world’s most famous valley. Snowshoe tours are an exciting winter activity where you can explore several of Yosemite’s high peaks and points. Winter is one of […]
Happy Mothers Day from Yosemite 2015
Mothers Day Adventures Happy Mothers Day to all the moms of the world. We think hiking to a waterfall in Yosemite National Park would be a great way to celebrate. No matter what adventure you choose, we hope you enjoy your day immensely. If you are interested in reading some thoughts from other holiday days, please […]
Happy 177th Birthday John Muir: Yosemite Panorama Photos 2015.04.21
Retracing Muir’s Footsteps on the North Rim By John P. DeGrazio It’s not every day you get to follow a legend. This past week I had the opportunity to follow the path of the greatest Yosemite legend of all time, John Muir. It’s only fitting that we honor him on what would have been his 177th […]
Half Dome Permit Lottery 2015
Apply for Half Dome Permits March 1-31, 2015 By John P. DeGrazio Today is the first day to apply for the Half Dome permit lottery which will run from 12am PST on March 1 to 11:59pm PDT on March 31. If you are planning on hiking to the summit of Half Dome on any day […]
Summer Night Skies in Yosemite
Have you every captured the night sky in a photo? I have always enjoyed looking at images of the Milky Way, and last July I had the unique opportunity to join Jesse Summers for a night skies workshop in Yosemite National Park. Jesse and I hiked, camped, and photographed together for 3 summer days and nights. It’s always […]
Views from the Summit of El Capitan
We’ll Take You There the Conventional Way By John P. DeGrazio Congratulations once again to Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson for being the first team to free climb the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Considered by many to be the hardest rock climb in the world, the pair inspired millions of […]
Snow in Yosemite: Yosemite Panorama Photos 2014.12.22
Yosemite in Winter By John P. DeGrazio Winter is here and so is the snow. Recent storms have dumped over 3 feet of powder in the Yosemite high country. Here are a few panorama photos taken from a recent Yosemite Snowshoe Adventure. The hike begins at Badger Pass along the Glacier Point Road to Summit […]
Snowshoe Season in Yosemite
Yosemite Winter Wonderland By John P. DeGrazio What a start to winter in Yosemite National Park! We are cautiously optimistic for a great winter as we have been exploring our favorite areas of the park on snowshoes this week. Over the past few days, we have enjoyed beautiful scenery at Crane Flat and Badger Pass where there […]
Snowshoeing in Yosemite
See You Soon By John P. DeGrazio The storms this week have been a great start for a wer California winter. Today we are thinking about snow so we can begin snowshoeing, our favorite winter activity in Yosemite National Park. Looking at these photos make us wish we were hiking on fresh carpets of snow at Dewey […]