Weather Lake Tahoe

From the Yosemite NP to the Mono Lake

From the Yosemite coming a travel is recommended by the " gold fever area " to the Columbia State Historic park . Columbia was in the years 1850 - 1870 one of the most important gold mine cities of California. Their status at that time was repaired and made again accessible as relatively authentic Living Museeum of the public. In the city hotel guests are accommodated and in the Fallon House theatre can experience one in the summer daily conceptions of the melodramatic type liked in the west. A Saloon is not naturally also missing.
Only few miles are it from Columbia to Murphys. Because of the way is Moaning Cavern , a stalcit-cavern of enormous extent. An attendance in Murphys is besides being worth, since it is considered as the prettiest village of the Sierra Nevada. Perhaps hotel, a nostalgic building with genuine capital invested holes of pistol duels combines and game west bar with an overnight accomodation in Murphys.
If one follows the road # 4, soon the Caaveras Big Trees State Park with powerful Sequoias shows up in the Big Trees Grove, which can quite keep up with the Mariposa Grove of the Yosemite. And who requires something movement in impressive window blind after long drive, on that Trail is in the best way removed about 45 minit loop, even if he could already admire the giant trees in the Yosemite.
A disadvantage, a travel by the gold fever area is however, - if one liked to drive the Tioga Road in the Yosemite Park not twice - that one must omit an attendance at the Mono Lake and the Ghost Town Bodie. Here we want to mention that a crossing of the Sierra Nevada of partly at the beginning of of Octobers to at the end of of May is not always possible. In to violent snow the roads are closed. - so far possible - the roads #88 and # 50, naturally also the I-80 are kept open. Snowchains are often prescribed. General weather announcement with road condition information under (800) 427-7623 or in Nevada (702) 793-1313.
The Mono Lake , with 150 km² expansion world largest volcan lake, is located in the focal Point of violent controversies, there its water level by excessive withdrawal of groundwater (from the underground A Supply of the lake) for Los Angeles since 1941 around 15 m pleases is against this destruction of a unique ecological system turns The Mono Lake Committee , an ecology movement with seat in Lee Vining. A substantial success was 1984 the creation of the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic AREA for the official protection of the Mono Lake region.
The Mono Lake before the grand window blind of the Sierra Nevada summit actually offers an impressive nature play. From the park and picknick workstation of the Mono Lake Country park a walk-way leads across swampy area to the so-called Tufas (tuff and tufa) at and in the low-bluish green water. Sculpture-the same calcium carbonate formations resulted from deposits of the high-urgent source rivers. They grew that in the run millenium from the water, or by the reduction of the water level were opened.
About 15 mi on the #167 continues to be Ghost Town Bodie, in the meager High dessert Country in the border area to Nevada. Owing to the small air humidity are here still many buildings from gold fever - time in the original state receive.