Posted in May 16, 2010 ¬ 10:01 AMh.Admin
THE SPECTACULAR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, USA
Travelihub.com
April 20, 2010
Yosemite National Park is one of the most renowned and popular national parks of United States. The park stretches along the eastern part of the California state covering more than 1000 sq miles, with an assortment of multiple waterfalls, rivers, lakes, cliffs and valleys. It is also pretty much famous for the amazingly tall sequoia trees, some of which are alive for more than 3000 years. The park is a home to abundant wildlife including a variety of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Adventure lover tourists can engage themselves in various activities like climbing, hiking, camping, cross-country skiing and many more. The must-visit spots of this national park are described here.
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Posted in May 15, 2010 ¬ 9:28 AMh.Admin
WALKING INTO A CALIFORNIAN WILDERNESS
IrishTimes.com April 3, 2010
Yosemite National Park is a famous reserve, but how many of its visitors reach its true wilds? Every summer the park’s High Sierra camps lure a lucky few hikers away from the crowds to the best-loved wilderness trail in the US. (more…)
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Posted in May 6, 2010 ¬ 3:23 PMh.Admin
YOSEMITE’S HALF DOME PERMITS SELL OUT ALMOST INSTANTLY
Extranomical.com
April 18, 2010
The new permit system limiting the number of day hikers and backpackers ascending Half Dome on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays has been sold out for tourists interested in a May or June hike. Yosemite National Park implemented the temporary system after four deaths in four years plagued the mountain. The day permits will limit the number of hikers to 300 per day and backpackers to 100 per day.
Yosemite will be selling the permits, which are free with a $1.50 processing fee, two months in advance. There were 5,700 permits allotted for May and June and two days after the first permit selling date the total of available permits was 69. The next batch of permits serving July 1st through August 31st will go on sale beginning April first and are expected to sell out just as quickly. Yosemite officials were expecting the fast sale of permits and were not surprised at the rate at which Yosemite tourists bought. The final permit batch will be available mid summer and will cover September through October, weather permitting. Park officials want to remind tourists that weekday hikers do not require a permit. For more information regarding purchasing a permit please visit www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit.
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