Tag Archives: Yosemite

A Year Half Full

Posted on June 28, 2016 by victorvolta

This gallery contains 41 photos.

June 27, 2016 My how time flies when I have no John Muir Trail hike to plan for. In both 2014 and last year, as I tracked the months, days and minutes until I hit the trail, it seemed that … Continue reading →

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Yosemite and the Sierra Foothills

Posted on March 25, 2016 by victorvolta

March 25, 2016 I’m pretty sure I speak for many of my fellow naturalists and outdoorspeople when I say that while this season’s (yes, it is ongoing) rainfall and snowpack have been good, the much hyped and ballyhooed El Niño … Continue reading →

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2015: My Year on the Trails (better late than never)

Posted on January 20, 2016 by victorvolta

This gallery contains 2 photos.

January 19, 2016 My official lame excuse for an end of the year compilation a lofty 19 days into 2016: By writing mine at the end of the year – when everyone else is writing one; when TV shows are … Continue reading →

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Another ’25 Days’ Gallery from the John Muir Trail (Landscape Edition)

Posted on December 9, 2015 by victorvolta

This gallery contains 25 photos.

December 8, 2015 Starting off with the gallery and a touch of narrative below. Happy Holidays. Christmastime and another great year (personally) winds down. I insert the parenthetical because I sometimes feel guilty to enjoy so many blessings against a … Continue reading →

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Day 3 on the John Muir Trail (Sunrise Camp to Tuolumne Meadows)

Posted on November 18, 2015 by victorvolta

This gallery contains 18 photos.

Note: for those who want to skip the Day 3 narrative and just look at the photos, feel free to scroll down to the gallery at the end of the post and click on the first photo to begin the slideshow. … Continue reading →

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Day 2 on the John Muir Trail – (Little Yosemite Valley to Sunrise Camp)

Posted on October 27, 2015 by victorvolta

My John Muir Trail adventure continues: First a quick note about the opening photo of Half Dome. Photo was taken a little before the JMT/Half Dome junction. From this vantage, you can barely make out the line of hikers going up … Continue reading →

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25 Days of Landscapes on the John Muir Trail

Posted on August 31, 2015 by victorvolta

August 31, 2015 A companion piece to last week’s wildflower blogpost. I’ve been off the John Muir Trail for three weeks now and it’s funny how even after such a short time, my ever so selective memory continues to reassess … Continue reading →

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