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Snow in Yosemite Valley
« on: January 21, 2017, 10:28:12 pm »

Yosemite Valley is finally getting some snow with more on the way tonight.  Here is what it looked like this afternoon. 
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2017, 03:43:55 am »

Looks fantastic!!

How's the view from by the river (e.g. Valley View)?
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2017, 09:33:35 pm »

Very Nice!   :)
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2017, 04:36:50 am »

Nice with just a thin blanket of snow…
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2017, 04:04:10 pm »

I cant believe that's all the snow there is? Question is that the first real snow of the season?
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2017, 08:54:29 am »

Yesterday it snowed all the way down to El Portal 2000 ft.  I drove it and was walking through about a foot on snow on the valley floor.  Finally we have winter!
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2017, 09:25:04 am »

Yesterday it snowed all the way down to El Portal 2000 ft.  I drove it and was walking through about a foot on snow on the valley floor.  Finally we have winter!

Yup.  Mariposa, Oakhurst, etc... as well.

And work is keeping me in L.A..   Sigh.
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2017, 09:52:33 am »

Here is one from last night from El Capitan Meadow.  I of course had a snow day!
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2017, 12:24:47 pm »

Simply wow! With all the snow in late Jan, I wonder how the Firefall will be, sans the fog.
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2017, 01:09:53 pm »

The first one is nice, but this new one is really super!
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2017, 11:18:26 pm »

Its very interesting to see how a big amount of the trees have died in the valley and have turned reddish in color.  I didn't see that when I was there several years ago.  Shame the scene has been ruined by the bark beetle.  Tim
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2017, 12:36:02 pm »

The first two are among the best I have seen from this viewpoint.  I prefer the B/W treatment.  Speaking of dead trees, I would clone out the distracting dead tree just to the right of Bridalveil waterfall.
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2017, 01:28:23 pm »

Tim,

Were these taken on Monday?  I thought I saw a truck by the woodpile that goes up to the Old Big Oak Flat Road. The beetle kill has been huge and has effected more than just Yosemite.  Prior to the 1870's Yosemite Valley was much wetter and had more oaks and fewer pines. Thanks to Galen Clark, the terminal moraine was blasted so that the river valley would drain.  This was an early mosquito abatement program.   
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2017, 12:06:17 am »

Thanks for all the photos!

Has anyone been there the past 1 to 2 days? I'm really interested in knowing the very recent conditions as I'm thinking of sneaking away to there for 1-2 days over the weekend.
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2017, 05:44:45 am »

A beautiful set. Note to self, sell a kidney & visit Yosemite

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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2017, 11:53:43 pm »

A beautiful set. Note to self, sell a kidney & visit Yosemite

Starting next week is Firefalls season for a week or so.

Anyone want to snow shoe 8 miles with me up to glacier point on Saturday?

I'm going to kick my own ass for sure.

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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2017, 12:16:45 am »

A beautiful set. Note to self, sell a kidney & visit Yosemite
If your kidneys are type O, I'll buy one.   ;D

Yosemite is definitely worth a kidney.

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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2017, 12:27:08 am »

Beautiful - well worth the look!

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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2017, 01:28:08 am »

If your kidneys are type O, I'll buy one.   ;D...
Eric?
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Re: Snow in Yosemite Valley
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2017, 08:49:34 am »

Eric?
Actually, my kidneys have been stable for over a year now, and I'm hoping I won't have to go on dialysis before I finally come up with a kidney on the lottery. I'm two years into my estimated six-year wait for a kidney on the official wait list.
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