Camping Yosemite National Park in the Winter. Winer Camping Tips and Suggestion I went to bed in the rain and woke up in the snow! Now I’ve been camping and backpacking in some not so friendly weather but camping in actual snow is something one must prepare for. But with the proper preparation and set up you certainly can enjoy winter camping. As you will be able to see from the images in this post. I’m not talking about a…
Yosemite National Park Winter Hiking In a previous post here, I went over a lot of the benefits of visiting Yosemite National Park in the winter, however I would be lying if I didn’t tell you that there are also some drawbacks. Some of those drawbacks being that some trails are closed, some roads are not accessible, and the quickly changing weather can make for dangerous conditions all around you! We ran into some of these drawbacks when hiking on…
Taking on some cross-country skiing in Yosemite National Park, can you tell I’m excited! This is another perk of visiting the park in the winter the Yosemite Ski amd Snowboard Area is open. Yippee!!! So if you feel like skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing or even going tubing this is the place to be in the National Park. The Yosemite Cross Country center has been teaching people how to cross-country ski since 1970, so if your new to the sport…
Today I’m very much so regretting that I thought conditions weren’t bad enough for microspikes. I hike in California for goodness sake. I summit mountains that tower over the highest elevation in Ohio. I don’t need microspikes I told myself. I’m an avid hiker I said, this will be a walk in the park. I changed my mind quickly when I fell behind my hiking group because I could barely walk on the iced covered trail and they were just…
What good is the warmth of summer without the chill of winter! -John Steinbeck Being born and raised in Ohio I can tell you that when the first snow hits you go through what I refer to as a honeymoon stage of your relationship with winter. The snow looks beautiful, you get a smile on your face thinking about fireplaces and hot chocolate, you even tell yourself that it doesn’t feel “that” cold. Well I’m happy to report that I’m…
Greetings from Winter Wonderland…or better known as North East Ohio. The first snow of every winter is just simply beautiful. There is almost no way to actually describe what the first snow of winter looks like, smells like, and feels like. It’s just so clean, so crisp, so pure and bright! But the novelty quickly wears off… remember snow only stays around when the temps are below freezing (that’s 32 degrees folks)..the salt and dirty snow gets on everything including but…