Showing posts with label North Dome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Dome. Show all posts
Friday, April 27, 2018

Anywhere Else, They Would be Exceptional: Can you Succeed at this Yosemite Valley Scavenger Hunt?

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I've been privileged to visit Yosemite Valley dozens and dozens of times over the years, often dragging students, and sometimes with ...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

If These Cliffs Could Talk: Tis-sa-ack and Tu-tok-a-nu-la (A Geologic Love Story Redux)

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I've been to Yosemite Valley twice in the last month, including a day when the Merced River was still at flood stage. I was reflecting o...
Friday, November 3, 2017

Perhaps a Last Look at Some Yosemite High Country (for the Winter, Anyway)

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"Half" Dome from Washburn Point I made the trek up the hill to see Yosemite last weekend, with a field trip on the valley floo...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Finding Peace in the Nation's Most Crowded Park: A Walk Through Yosemite Valley

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If you've read my previous couple of posts, you know I was in Yosemite Valley over the weekend. I was guiding my students on a field t...
Friday, October 23, 2015

A Series of Fortunate Events: Glacier Point, Living Up to the Hype

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Glacier Point on the rim of Yosemite Valley is hands-down one of the most spectacular places one can stand in the world. There's just...
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Saturday, October 17, 2015

A Series of Nearly Unfortunate Events: Fall in Yosemite National Park

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Oh jeez, that's not something one likes to see on a field trip... How many horror movies begin with people ignoring the warning sign...
Monday, May 4, 2015

What Lies Beneath Yellowstone? Yosemite, of course!

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Upper Yosemite Falls, 1,250 feet high. Taken together the three components of Yosemite Falls amount to the fifth or seventh highest waterf...