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Tuolumne meadows

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Posted by Kartik Venkatarama on July 14, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Has anyone been at Tuolumne meadows recently? If so, what were conditions like? Any flowers out yet? :smile:

Kartik
Posted by Steve Sieren on July 14, 2010 at 10:12 PM
I'll guess for you. No, but you'd be better off asking a ranger. I would think at the end of this month it should be getting there.
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 15, 2010 at 1:01 AM
Kartik - check this link.
http://www.nps.gov/yose/naturescience/bloom.htm

Looks as if the peak is not far off -

Sandy r
Posted by Sandy Steinman on July 15, 2010 at 1:26 AM
I drove through the Yosemite High Country today and stopped by Touloumne Meadow. There were some good patches of Shooting Star and Pussytoes. Also in bloom were some Meadow Penstemon, Owl’s clover Single-stemmed Groundsel. In most of the meadow flowers were sparse. Mosquitoes were quite abundant; be prepared. Flowers were more plentiful on highway 120/Tioga Pass Road west of the Meadows. Lots of Mt. Pride Penstemon along the road and quite a few other flowers. I have posted a list of what I saw on my blog: Natural History Wanderings
The site Sandy Richards mentioned is informative but is sometimes slow to update and the information can be a little old at times.

Sandy Steinman
Natural History Wanderings
Posted by Mat Malone on July 15, 2010 at 1:36 AM
This might be helpful: http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=151539&CGISESSID=9611a83968b9d845c4cb708cf9405f68&u=30715