Mariposa Lodge

... Dike is known both for its long run-outs (up to 130 feet and usually only one bolt per pitch), easy climbing, and the characteristic formation in the rock. With smooth granite on either side, featured runnels nearly two feet wide protrude from the surface and wind ...

... inserted on either side of the slide that lead to a one lane road across the waterway to avert the slide area. It was scary to think of yourself being caught in something like that. We took a picture from the care but it doesn't do it justice so we borrowed one from the Internet from Steve Profiitt-NPR that shows the slide over the road. Kiss your you know what goodbye if you get caught in one.<br><br>We arrive at the park about 7:30 in the morning and are ...

... up a hill to get to it.We stayed a while looking up the waterfall, before sliding back down the hill on our butts.There are of course signs advising against this, but we lived.We then searched for a campsite, and it was a very confusing process, went grocery shopping for some staples, and set up our tent.Oh but wait then we had to pick up the ...

... this gave a view of the Bridal Veil Falls, as well the huge granite rocks and bluffs. Certainly a lot of wonderful colours in the trees as the end of Fall colours begin to finish in the trees that still have leaves. A lot of the options in the park, are already closed for the winter, and we had come across some damp road as we drove through the higher passes and we established this must have been from a snow fall, because in some shady ...

... were disappointed to see that the waterfalls were reduced to a trikle of water a this time of the year - Upper Vernal Falls in the afternoon (a three hour hike up the mountain). Now we expected lots of really overweight tourists in the first walk given you can park your car next to them if you want, but we did not expect them collapsing the trail up to Vernal Falls in the afternoon. Most of them did stop walking half way there, but there were still sufficient making the experience ...

... until a drunk passed out in a cell 2 years ago, and was missed in the checks. He came round at 5am, and totally disorientated wandered around in the dark, until he stumbled across the security guards there, who were training their dogs!! After another 30 minute walk, we ate at a Denny's, at about 10.30pm. We were all on our knees, and went back to our hotel and crashed! We didn't wake until 8.15 this morning, and checked out. I managed to jam Ioan's fingers in the car boot ...

... five major vegetation zones: chaparral/oak woodland, lower montane, upper montane, subalpine, and alpine. 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 formation ...

... asi hodina autom do Yosemite a potom asi 2 hodiny na jeden z miestnych vodopadov. Rano bola poriadna zima a uz na ceste do Yosemite sme isli miestami po zamrznutej ceste. Vsetky vodopady v Yosemite boli namrznute a zima bola teda poriadna. Hlavne v hlbokych dolinach. Miestne kopce niesu ziadne pionierske kopceky. Vacsina ma nad 3,000 metrov a tie najvyssie cez 4,000. V horach sme boli az do zapadu slnka a potom sme uz uhanali zohriat sa ...

... recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness. Although not the first designated national park, Yosemite was a focal point in the development of the national park idea, largely owing to the work of people like John Muir and Galen Clark.<br>