4 Great Blogs to Help You Plan A Yosemite National Park Vacation

June 11, 2009.

Plan a trip to Yosemite National Park with insights from folks living, hiking and playing in and around the park. (If you would like detailed information about California whitewater rafting trips near Yosemite National Park, check the links to the right under “Topics Covered” – Tuolumne River and Merced River.) These folks update their blogs regularly and offer a great deal of information garnered from spending time in and around Yosemite.

yexplore
John and Catherine DeGrazio and the crew at yexplore (http://yexplore.com/) lead the hiking portion of the O.A.R.S. Yosemite National Park & Tuolumne River Hiker trips. They don’t simply lead hikes for O.A.R.S. though. They offer Yosemite guided hiking tours and photography workshops for individuals and groups of all ages and experience levels in every season. The blog offers first-person accounts from a variety of hikes.

Yosemite Blog
This one is written by Loyd Schutte, a writer and photographer who lives in Modesto. It’s apparent he spends a lot of time in the park. Loyd grew up “on the banks of the Tuolumne River and was raised in the shadow of Yosemite.” He features stunning photographs and offers a variety of information about the park, from important Yosemite telephone numbers, fishing in and around the park and what to wear on your visit.

Hotel Charlotte
Lynn lives at the Hotel Charlotte with her husband Victor, chef extraordinaire. You want to know anything about Groveland, talk to Lynn. Groveland is a charming old west town located a short distance from the Tuolumne River and the northern entrance to Yosemite National Park.

Hike Half Dome
Written by Rick Deutsch, author of the definitive guide to hiking Half Dome (“One Best Hike: Yosemite’s Half Dome”), this blog will tell you everything you could possibly want to know about Yosemite National Park’s most iconic granite formation – Half Dome. He’s got up-to-date information about trail conditions, and his website has links to web cams, current road conditions and weather.

Let me know if you have others.

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