The new Yosemite Nature Notes is up. This is video number six in the series and is titled “Maps”. It’s about the history of maps in Yosemite and how the maps have been used over the years.  Film maker Ken Burns is in the video and talks about the importance of maps in Yosemite. There is also a search for one of the original park boundary markers from the 1800’s. The film runs about 10 minutes and is worth checking out.

Yosemite Nature Notes 6: Maps

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Ever wonder what it would be like to soar through Yosemite Valley like an eagle?

Here’s your chance to see what you would see. This is a video shot by Ryan Goebel as he hang glides through the valley.  Very cool!

Yosemite, Glacier Point from Ryan Goebel on Vimeo.

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Here’s a video of Yosemite in the early 1940’s. Look’s like it was a silent short film.It runs 12 minutes but is worth watching.

A couple comments on the video.

• First off at the 2:30 mark you see why we currently have the bear problems we have in Yosemite as the tourist are happily feeding the baby bears.

• At the 8:13 mark those deer sure look a lot like elk to me. How about you? And of course we must feed them too. (The deer being fed are mule deer at least.)

• I love the “modern” sky lift at 10:05. And it seems that this lift takes the skiers all the way up into the Sierra Backcountry!! Wow!

Other than these few things it’s a pretty neat video.

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From what I’m reading it looks like Tioga Pass will be open for Memorial Day weekend. The road has been plowed all the way through and the crews are currently working on widening the road and doing some more avalanche safety work. The tentative date for the opening is May 22.

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