tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19434910.post3517232865926921734..comments2024-03-28T16:17:18.182-04:00Comments on Gribblenation: History of the Wawona Road and Mariposa Grove (Yosemite National Park) Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394294005674203967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19434910.post-54329742504618325332022-03-01T17:20:51.432-05:002022-03-01T17:20:51.432-05:00Thank you for this informative and enjoyable artic...Thank you for this informative and enjoyable article!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112382211980957483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19434910.post-59727627300412040042019-09-20T18:36:25.192-04:002019-09-20T18:36:25.192-04:00I'm going to stop there for a bit because I...I'm going to stop there for a bit because I'm in an airport and am going to be boarding a plane shortly but I'll mention some of the other locations where the old road is still somewhat walkable:<br />- Starting about a mile north of Chinquapin, there's a somewhat easy-to-follow stretch which runs just west of the current road and comes up to Chinquapin behind the old ranger Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902034567383068363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19434910.post-19261698126860963902019-09-20T18:35:56.531-04:002019-09-20T18:35:56.531-04:00Now, despite that last sentence, the very northern...Now, despite that last sentence, the very northern most end of the road is actually a bit hard to spot from South Side Drive. As you noted, the OWR is VERY obvious where it crosses the new road just south of the BVF parking area. If you stand there and look north, you'll clearly see it continuing on the other side of the current road. Walk in a straight line from there, (it gets a bit Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902034567383068363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19434910.post-84839052304400456702019-09-20T18:35:09.080-04:002019-09-20T18:35:09.080-04:00Great to see somebody checking out the old roads i...Great to see somebody checking out the old roads in Yosemite! This is a particular passion of mine and I have hiked the remaining sections of (almost) all of the old Wawona Road, the old Glacier Point Road, the old Coulterville Road (except the part that's still driveable after it leaves Yosemite near Hazel Green ranch) and the Old Big Oak Flat Road (also quite a bit of but far from all of Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902034567383068363noreply@blogger.com