Yosemite National Park

Possible Yosemite Fee Increase

$30 to get in the gates? Maybe someday soon.  Hilltromper photo.

As national parks labor under budget cuts and deferred maintenance, agency directors consider raising the entrance fee for Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and other iconic national parks.

Still Time for Half Dome

The cables are up on Half Dome until October, meaning there's still time for mere mortals to climb it  in 2014. Photo by Rainer Hübenthal..

Summer's ending, but Yosemite's famous destination is attainable for another month yet.

Happy Birthday Yosemite

A short, steep saunter up the Mist Trail  leads to this less-famous vantage of Half Dome. Hilltromper photo.

The nation's first park still blows our little minds.