Yosemite News

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in Yosemite Valley, Thursday (July 23), to commemorate the arrival of four hybrid (electric/diesel) tractors that will be used in the popular Yosemite Valley Floor Tours. Acting Superintendent Dave Uberuaga and DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, Inc.

The giant trees on the West Coast are awe-inspiring, but surprisingly, they haven’t really been studied much over the long term, 

Yosemite National Park, CA -- Archeologist Laura Kirn has been selected as the 2009 winner of the Goucher College Master of Arts in Historic Preservation Alumnae Prize as the outstanding first year student in the historic preservation graduate program. 

Yosemite National Park has always been a victim of its massive popularity.

Hank Johnston has done a terrific job of collecting eleven stories about early Yosemite Valley travel that will take you away to yesteryear.

No matter how many times I visit Tuolumne Meadows, it always feels like the first time.

Officials with the National Park Service say they will close part of a popular lodging complex at Yosemite National Park because an unstable cliff has created the potential for deadly rockfall.

This month, commune with Mother Nature with American Park Network and Canon while you learn how to take better digital photography at our 4th annual Photography in the Park workshops.

On Tuesday evening the Sacramento REI store will be visited by a ghost from the past when Shelton Johnson, a ranger at Yosemite National Park, takes on the character of one of the buffalo soldiers who cared for the park a century ago.

Built between 1873 and 1877, the trail to the top of Yosemite Falls is one of the oldest -- and steepest -- in Yosemite National Park. Rangers recommend setting aside six to eight hours to complete the hike.

With its waterfalls at their most beautiful, and wildflowers everywhere, Yosemite National Park will host hordes of people over Memorial Day weekend.

It's a springtime announcement eagerly anticipated by hikers: "The cables to the summit of Half Dome have been installed."