texplorer Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Yosemite Valley is closed right now. Check out these photo's I pulled from the supertopo website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Yosemite Falls First kayak descent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Dano would go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 It's just as well. That whole area needed a good cleaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 May 10, 2005 Yosemite Drapes Itself in Its Splendid Liquid Veils, and Preens By DEAN E. MURPHY YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., May 8 - It poured again on Sunday in the Yosemite Valley, but people were smiling in their ponchos and galoshes. It has been that kind of spring here: dreadful weather and delighted visitors. Â With extraordinarily heavy snowfall in the higher elevations, and lots of rain elsewhere, the rivers and waterfalls in the Sierra Nevada are gushing. Hikers must hopscotch around muddy puddles, and much of the park remains closed because of impassible roads, but the Yosemite water show is at its best in years. Â "There are places we've stood, where you can look around and see six waterfalls at once," said David Cosio of Watsonville, Calif., getting soaked from head to toe near Yosemite Falls with his wife, Linda, and three young sons. "We've been here before in May, but nothing like this." Â Dan Gudgel, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford, Calif., said the unusually wet winter and spring had snapped a six-year dry spell in the Sierra Nevada. Though the dryness was not as severe as in the drought-stricken Northwest and Southwest, the annual precipitation over the period was about 80 percent of the average. Â So far this year, Mr. Gudgel said, the Sierra snowpack is about 180 percent of the average, and the snow keeps falling. More than a foot was forecast for parts of the Sierra in the next few days, and some hikers this weekend to Nevada Fall, a popular destination about 2,000 feet above the valley floor, found enough snow from past storms for snowball fights. Â "The Sierra has been extremely dry, so this is a welcome respite," Mr. Gudgel said. "I can't underscore that enough." Â In nuts-and-bolts calculations, the wet weather means more reliable water supplies for the California farms and cities - the water is piped as far away as San Francisco, 160 miles to the west - that depend on the Sierra snowmelt to fill reservoirs and irrigation ditches. But for those who live and visit here, the benefits are beyond quantification. Â Kathy Langley, concierge at the Ahwahnee Hotel and a resident of the park for 23 years, said she had been taking hikes up little-visited trails with great water vistas near places like Indian Creek and Sentinel Fall, one of the park's tallest, at 2,000 feet. Â Aside from the abundance of water, Ms. Langley has been struck by the dogwood blossoms, which because of the cool weather have remained on the trees for weeks. Â "A lot of our clientele comes every year at this time of the year," Ms. Langley said, "and they can't believe what they're seeing. We haven't even had two 80-degree days in a row yet, so everyone knows there is more to come." Â How long it remains relatively cool will determine how long the spectacle lasts, Mr. Gudgel said. A sudden heat wave would melt the snow rapidly, creating a dazzling but brief show and probably some flooding. A slower melt would keep the waterfalls flowing well into the summer but might also keep parts of the park inaccessible to visitors. Â For now, only one thing is certain, said Adrienne Freeman, a park ranger, "There's so much water, it's insane." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Jim Wilson/NYTimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I was there right after the big floods of either 97, or 98. It was impressive watching the water come down the various falls in the valley. WOW!!. Plus, the extent of the damage the flooding it caused back then. I feel sorry for anyone who planned trips to climb this week. How many cc.comers are down there right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Phuck, now where to? I was gonna take off tomorrow. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 If it is raining in the valley, Red Rocks might be a good place to go. You can get some big walls in there, and some sport climbing too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Top 10 recorded water flow! I'm heading uo tommorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pms Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 we should be hearing from Kurt soon. I hope he makes it in, the waterfalls would be something to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Maybe the Merced will take out Camp Curry and all those other fuckin eyesore tourist ghettos.  Maybe it'll dredge up the body of this guy  I stayed three weeks in the Valley in 99:  1. First day there Gambalie drowned. That night there was a drunken golf cart race in Camp 4 that got a few people thrown in the John Muir Inn  2. Various unsolved beheadings and murders ongoing  3. Glacier Point Apron collapses 45 minutes after we climbed the very route it obliterated  4. When I got home I read in the paper that someone had been arrested for putting cameras in the MENS Camp Curry showers, which I had used most days during my stay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwalling Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 HAHAHAHAHA... I almost spit my coffe out with #4 jordop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 NPS Photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlwind Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 ok so 4 jumpers died but how many died jumping? sorry for those planing on climbing but the yos fall looks awsome plus j-tree should be good, bishop, the needles, redrocks, moab and indian creek? there are a ton of good spots. i think the yalley is just cleansing it self from all traffic and other such nonsence that literaly plugs it up 3/4's of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 isn't rumr supposed to be there now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 2 weeks...I'm keeping my fingers (and toes and other digits) crossed that it'll be dry by then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 i'm personally sending all possible freshie snow vibes to yosemite for RuMR's visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwalling Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 2.5 weeks till i go... looking for a person to split gas with... let me know if you want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 i'm personally sending all possible freshie snow vibes to yosemite for RuMR's visit. Â whatever, punkass!! Global warming is on MY side, not yours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 well if it doesn't snow, i'm going to stand on top of your routes and toss feshiez on you from great heights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 Yosemite Falls First kayak descent! Â Dude we totally surfed the falls today. It was rad....OMFG!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicoli11 Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 puke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimL Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 The flood was not that bad, but the weather has been really bad for the past couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrythellama Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 we can only hope the flooding will ruin some of the new construction projects! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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