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Taken by my nephew Max, who titled the shot "The Ice Whisperer." (I was trying to record the...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

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Near Tioga Pass. Dry, frozen, but still beautiful.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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Highway 120, the Tioga Road, nearing 9,943-foot Tioga Pass.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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John Juba and Emily Desler of Truckee came up to Tenaya Lake to skate, to play with their black Lab,...

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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An iconic piece of Yosemite landscape, the meadows were virtually devoid of snow.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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Frank and Karen Jablonski of Groveland, a town west of Yosemite, drove 60 miles for a January picnic on the shore of Tenaya Lake.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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The highway runs immediately along the lakes northern edge.

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Although the weather has been dry and sunny, a long run of clear nights in December and January were...

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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Just west of and immediately above Tioga Pass.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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By now you've got the theme--the country along the Tioga Road is high and dry.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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13,027-foot Mount Dana sits just east of Tioga Pass. Hikers were making it to the top of the peak during the first half of January.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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Immediately south of and just below Tioga Pass. A pristine but snow-bare landscape.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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California depends on the water snowed in the mountain snowpack expected to build up through...

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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Before this week (January 18, 2012), no snow had fallen in most of the Sierra since Thanksgiving....

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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A striated dome--that's what I just decided to call it--along the Tioga Road in Yosemite.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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On Olmstead Point, along Yosemite's Tioga Road.

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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A view northeast from the turnout at Olmstead Point toward Tenaya Lake (elevation 8,150).

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012  |  Map

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Emily and John, from Truckee, and their dog Anna. (In the background in the flannel shirt: my nephew Max.)

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Uploaded on Jan 13, 2012  |  Map

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