Low Snow’s Mixed Blessing
The mixed blessing of record low snowpack along the West Coast is that access to national parks is earlier than usual – in some cases, far earlier. National parks, from North Cascades in Washington state to Yosemite in California, are already are virtually at summer...
Half Dome Hiking Opens Sat.
(Above photo by David Iliff. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0) Low snowpack has led to an earlier day hiking season at Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, the park announced. The cables to the summit of Half Dome will be in place this Saturday, May 2 and...