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Happy New Year, friends! As a community of travelers, storytellers, and creators, we’ve likely all been to a place that just feels like home—a place
“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.”
Though Yosemite National Park was officially created when President Benjamin Harrison signed it into legislation on October 1, 1890, the history of Yosemite Valley greatly precedes this particular moment in history. A longtime home to the Ahwahnechee (it is estimated that they lived in the valley for almost 7,000 years before the park was established), the valley was once populated by tribes who would hunt, gather, and build their dwellings in the spectacular setting we know today as Yosemite.
Years passed and Yosemite became a famed destination. From the musings of John Muir to Ansel Adams’ stunning documentary photographs of the valley to Alex Honnold’s daring (and ropeless) three-hour ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite has proven itself a place of history, natural beauty, outdoor exploration, and sheer wonder.
Happy New Year, friends! As a community of travelers, storytellers, and creators, we’ve likely all been to a place that just feels like home—a place
Multiple times I’ve been asked, “Where is the strangest place you’ve ever slept?” I’m not exactly sure why this question continually comes up in conversation,
Like every parcel of land in the United States, Yosemite National Park is imbued with a complex history of both flourishing progress and incredible violence.
After spending my summer in Chicago, I came back home to California feeling a void from not having spent any time in the mountains. Luckily,
“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.” (Ansel Adams)
For Britain Peters, Yosemite National Park was a place that shaped his childhood. He can recall long summer days spent exploring the park.Back then, he
Yosemite National Park is one of the most well-known parks in the United States — and possibly even the world. Its famed granite peaks and