Correction: I just saw that the road did not open today… It will apparently open on WEDNESDAY. Sorry!
Just a few days late for me - I was up that way late last week - Tioga Pass has opened will open this Wednesday, at least according to a story in the West Coast Imaging Blog. Let [...]
As I wrote earlier, I was in Yosemite Valley yesterday to do photography. I decided to finally do the hike up to Inspiration Point for sunset, foregoing the busy “scene” at the Wawona Tunnel View. This trail starts across the road from the more famous viewpoint and climbs 1.3 miles to the original road bed [...]
… and soon gone, especially if you are looking for aspens.
I follow a bunch of reports on the net (including the Calphoto fall color report) and it is clear from the reports and my own visits over the past few weeks that the aspen show in the eastern Sierra is for the most part over [...]
From SFGate:
NOTEBOOK / Fall colors arrive early in the Eastern Sierra. A brilliant show of fall color has started early this year across much of California. The best colors so far are at Convict Lake, set at 7,583 feet in the Eastern Sierra near Mammoth Lakes. This gorgeous lake is edged by a sloping mountain [...]
On my drive over Carson Pass this weekend I encountered my first snow of the season - it was only an inch deep but it was snow!
First Snow - Highway 88 Looking North. Sierra Nevada, California. September 29, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
(I’m also experimenting with new border designs for uploaded photographs…)
Aspen-Lined Road. Sierra Nevada, California. September 29, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell
Just a “get out of the car and shoot” photo on a back road just south of Bridgeport…
Sierra Aspen Grove, Sun. Sierra Nevada, California. September 29, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
I’ll write more about my adventure later…
As an example of why it was so hard to get on the trail on the last day of my recent Young Lakes pack trip, this photo of a morning view a short stroll from my campsite.
Lower Young Lake, Morning. Yosemite National Park, California. September 11, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
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It is September, and my favorite time of the year in the Sierra Nevada begins now and lasts for the next two months or so.
Aspen Leaves. Bishop Creek, California. October 1, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Labor Day weekend marks the last big rush of tourists to the Sierra - at least until the ski [...]
Smoke. Everywhere.
I escaped the worst of the awful smoke that covers vast portions of California this week by spending some time at near 10,000′ in the Yosemite backcountry. The smoke affected the views even that high, but it was much worse at lower elevations - as I discovered on my drive home last night.
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