Base jumping in national parks is illegal, but with park staffers furloughed by the government shutdown, thrill seekers in parks like Yosemite are getting more daring. Carter Evans…
Read more Base jumpers running wild in Yosemite with park staffers furloughed by shutdownA popular Alaskan climber fell to his death from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, marking the third death in the park this summer. Balin Miller, 23, died in…
Read more Popular Alaskan climber dies in fall from Yosemite’s El CapitanDozens of former rangers, park volunteers, and local residents protested at the gateway to Montana’s Glacier national park on Wednesday against the staff cuts and hiring freezes that…
Read more Protests at Glacier as national parks reel from Trump cuts: ‘They’ve gutted staff, gutted funding’A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan while some park visitors could face prosecution under protest restrictions that have been…
Read more Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in YosemiteYosemite National Park’s historic Wawona Hotel is closing, and park officials are not saying when it will reopen. The hotel’s workers are being reassigned elsewhere. One of the…
Read more Yosemite’s Wawona Hotel, age 168, will close indefinitely for ‘intensive’ checkupSometimes we come across news that makes it seem is if there are real life “Grand Theft Auto” characters walking among us. Take the lead singer of an…
Read more Grand Theft Auto Comes To Life In Punk Singer’s Alleged Crime Spree And High-Speed ChaseMARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A wildfire burning in Mariposa County has forced a highway closure that leads into a popular Yosemite National Park Entrance. The California Highway…
Read more French Fire in Mariposa County impacts popular Yosemite National Park entrance, CHP saysYosemite National Park partly reopened on Sunday after a blizzard that brought as much as 45 inches of snow in some areas and high winds that toppled trees.…
Read more ‘Bring a shovel’: Yosemite partly reopens after blizzard brings as much as 45 inches of snowA man squatting in Yosemite National Park was sentenced to more than five years and three months in prison on Monday for breaking into a private residence and…
Read more A squatter, a shotgun and stolen items: How one man overstayed his welcome in YosemiteNature: Yosemite’s “firefall” Nature: Yosemite’s “firefall” 01:59 Yosemite National Park, Calif. — A popular rock climbing area in Yosemite National Park has been closed because of a crack that’s…
Read more Yosemite’s popular “Super Slide” rock climbing area closed due to growing crack in cliff in “Royal Arches”Warm temperatures accelerate snow melt in West – CBS News Watch CBS News Unusually warm temperatures in California are leading to flooding fears caused by the accelerated snow…
Read more Warm temperatures accelerate snow melt in WestWater flowing off Horsetail Fall glows orange while backlit from the setting sun during the “Firefall” phenomenon in Yosemite National Park on Feb. 15, 2023. On rare occasions…
Read more Setting sun creates Yosemite “firefall,” making waterfall look like it’s ablaze: “It’s magical”A rockslide killed two people Tuesday near the entrance to Yosemite National Park in California, authorities said. Mariposa County officials confirmed the deaths to CBS News, but did…
Read more 2 killed in rockslide at entrance to Yosemite National ParkCNN — An 8-year-old boy became the youngest person to finish climbing El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park on Friday, according to his father, who has been…
Read more 8-year-old boy becomes youngest person to climb California’s El Capitan | CNN
