loafer89
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I thought that I would share some of my pictures of my tour of Yosemite National Park, Death Valley National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. We toured each one last week from June 8-10th and put over 2,000 miles on our rental car (thank goodness for unlimited mileage).
We left Mammoth on thursday June 8th after skiing from 8-10am. Yosemite is usually an easy drive as Tioga pass road is only 23 miles north of Mammoth Lakes, but the pass was closed due to avalanche danger from a record 55 feet of snow this winter, so we had to drive over Sonora pass at 9,624' with it's pleasant 26% grade:
The round trip drive to the park and back was approximately 450 miles and since I did not want to drive over Sonora Pass at night, we had about 2 hours to see the major sights and go home. Bridalveil Falls was spectacular with water pouring over the 620' drop:
We got a good look at the Halfdome as well:
Yosemite Falls:
The Minarets on the way back to Mammoth:
We made it back to Mammoth at 9:00pm and skied on Friday June 9th, from 7:45am to 12:30Pm before driving back to family in Las Vegas via Death Valley. We entered into Death Valley and paid enterance into the park at a self pay honor system kiosk in Stovepipe Wells where the temperature was a balmy 116F. I took Warren to see Badwater, which at 282' below sea level, is the lowest point in the United States:
Warren reaches a new low (my bad):
Death Valley Salt Flats:
We left for the North Rim of the Grand Canyon at 6am on saturday June 10th. I wanted to visit the North Rim because it is higher up than the South Rim and also much cooler. At 8,800' the Kaibab Plateau temperature was a refreshing 65-70F all day long. It is also alot less crowded than the South Rim is, and we got our first look at the canyon from Bright Angel Point:
Really nice view from Point Imperial (highest viewpoint in the park):
We left Mammoth on thursday June 8th after skiing from 8-10am. Yosemite is usually an easy drive as Tioga pass road is only 23 miles north of Mammoth Lakes, but the pass was closed due to avalanche danger from a record 55 feet of snow this winter, so we had to drive over Sonora pass at 9,624' with it's pleasant 26% grade:
The round trip drive to the park and back was approximately 450 miles and since I did not want to drive over Sonora Pass at night, we had about 2 hours to see the major sights and go home. Bridalveil Falls was spectacular with water pouring over the 620' drop:
We got a good look at the Halfdome as well:
Yosemite Falls:
The Minarets on the way back to Mammoth:
We made it back to Mammoth at 9:00pm and skied on Friday June 9th, from 7:45am to 12:30Pm before driving back to family in Las Vegas via Death Valley. We entered into Death Valley and paid enterance into the park at a self pay honor system kiosk in Stovepipe Wells where the temperature was a balmy 116F. I took Warren to see Badwater, which at 282' below sea level, is the lowest point in the United States:
Warren reaches a new low (my bad):
Death Valley Salt Flats:
We left for the North Rim of the Grand Canyon at 6am on saturday June 10th. I wanted to visit the North Rim because it is higher up than the South Rim and also much cooler. At 8,800' the Kaibab Plateau temperature was a refreshing 65-70F all day long. It is also alot less crowded than the South Rim is, and we got our first look at the canyon from Bright Angel Point:
Really nice view from Point Imperial (highest viewpoint in the park):
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