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Yosemite conditions?

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Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 22, 2011 at 3:40 PM
Missed all the snow in Yosemite this year, missed the moonbow last week - am NOT going to miss all the reflections in the flooded meadows!!
Anyone know the current conditions?
Anyone gonna be there early next week and want to meet up?

I hope to get out of here Sunday am, and be there Sunday afternoon, monday, tuesday.

Sandy
Posted by Sandy Steinman on June 22, 2011 at 3:48 PM
I have recently come across quite a few reports on Yosemite. I posted some on my blog at: http://naturalhistorywanderings.com/2011/06/20/yosemite-wildflower-updates/
Also check Michael Frye's blog on Yosemite that has a posting with a video about Valley flooding:
http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/
and finally the Wildflower Conservancy twitter reports: http://twitter.com/#!/wildflowernews

Sandy
Berkeley, CA
Natural History Wanderings
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Posted by Michael R Reynolds on June 22, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Sandy,
I can't speak to conditions in the meadows, but last week I skied into Horse Creek on the very northern edge of the park. The snow line was at 8,500', but most of the southern exposures were wither melted out or melting quickly. Higher up, at 9,000' there was still lots of snow. Expect lots of snow in the north/eastern exposures. Have fun and best regards.
Posted by Jeffrey Sipress on June 23, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Wear body armor and don't expect to get where you want to be on time. j/k, but it will be mobbed.
Posted by Preston Birdwell on June 24, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Sandy,

If you go to the Valley, hit the spots very early in the morning before the hordes take to the roads.

--P
Posted by Rodney Ninow on July 28, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Sandy did you go?
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 28, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Yes, sure did - see my Gallery for some of the raging waterfall shots -

Sandy