The Pilewskis are Back!

Each year, Yosemite National Park asks a couple of rangers to spend the winter in Tuolumne Meadows. They're there to keep an eye on things, perhaps help out a hiker/skier in distress, and report on the conditions in the Yosemite High Country.

Their reports are a combination of weather, snow conditions, wildlife, and an occasional excursion into poetry.

And they are now back in place, reporting on what they see. Here's a link.

And as you can see from one of their photos--the snow hasn't really arrived yet. That should change in a few days:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE, . National Weather Service Hanford CA. 858 AM PST Wed Dec 20 2023

Yosemite NP outside of the valley-Upper San Joaquin River-Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge-Kings Canyon NP-Sequoia NP-Including the cities of Tuolumne Meadows, Wawona, Devils Postpile, Florence Lake, Lake Thomas Edison, Lake Wishon, Huntington Lake, Shaver Lake, Cedar Grove, Giant Forest, and Lodgepole

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Heavy snow. Additional snow accumulations of six to twelve inches above 9,000 feet. Additional snowfall three to six inches from 8,000 feet to 9,000 feet. Winds gusting as high as

45 mph.