Yosemite Flyover

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Some friends on the way to Utah sent me some shots while flying over Yosemite. :)
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.

Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
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we need some storms... badly..
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Climate change means just that which might (for where one lives) mean hotter and dryer, maybe lots hotter and dryer. It seems to me that we in CA got the hotter and LOTS dryer.
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I was listening to a report on KCBS radio when coming back from the Sacramento valley near the Sutter Buttes after the warmest duck hunt of my life in November. They basically said that If the snow turns to rain instead as a source of water, we are woefully behind in having the proper water storage facilities in place (read dams) to deal with the shift. With the 5 year drought, and the reservoirs and lake beds mostly dry, that would have been the time to take out some of the silt to maximize useful water retention.

Talked to my dog Bubba about it, and he agrees with me, but reminded me he's 15 and won't care soon.
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Speaking of change I went to Kings Canyon this summer and saw the massive amount of dead trees which was exacerbated by the drought. I read in the LA times today that there are over 100 million dead treas in CA. Wow.
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Yeah, Eric posted that (66 mil) somewhere in the sierra settings area towards the bottom of the main page.

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http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?TES

From the Tioga Entry station.. Snow Depth. Ouch!!
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