Yosemite National Park is temporarily closing its popular backpackers campground in Yosemite Valley and relocating backpackers to Camp 4 starting April 25, the National Park Service announced. “Space ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Camp Chief Ouray (CCO) in Granby made the ...

The National Park Service plans to close the Yosemite Valley backpackers campground next week and send hikers to a campground with limited space — a move that is sending shock waves across the hiking ...

When the amazing California super bloom of wildflowers struck in late March, my second thought was how to avoid the hordes of hikers — like me — out to immerse themselves in the floral extravaganza.

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