Sentinel Dome Snow Camp. Yosemite National Park
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:46 pm
Norma and I have been wanting to camp out at Sentinel Dome off Glacier Point Road for some time now. We were all ready to go a couple of weeks ago, but were weathered out by our increasingly strange weather this winter/spring. We sorta had a weather window this past weekend, snow and wind for Saturday and clear Sunday, good enough 
The whole idea behind this trip was to see the spectacular Yosemite sunset and sunrise from atop Sentinel Dome where we wanted to camp, right on top. Well, the weather was not allowing that to happen, when we got to the dome, white out and wind welcomed us, so we camped at the base of the dome in the protective trees.
It was 6:30 Saturday afternoon/evening and we couldn't see more than twenty feet from our camp, started to think we wouldn't be seeing anything sunset like. We had our steak, rice and asparagus dinner and waited. Around 7:15 we could see a little bit of sky above the dome, we grabbed our camera's and snowshoes and headed up to the top to see..........
We got what we came for, what a sight. Clearing/Approaching Storm, a photographers dream. It was a bit blustery up there.....
After the show, we made our way back to camp and ate ( I ate 10) homemade cookies that Norma had brought and settled in for the night. As soon as we got into the tent, it started to snow/sleet, perfect timing.
The next morning was clear, not nearly as spectacular as the sunset, but beautiful.....
It was a bit of a push at 20 miles, but worth it. Thanks Norma for accompanying me on another adventure
The whole idea behind this trip was to see the spectacular Yosemite sunset and sunrise from atop Sentinel Dome where we wanted to camp, right on top. Well, the weather was not allowing that to happen, when we got to the dome, white out and wind welcomed us, so we camped at the base of the dome in the protective trees.
It was 6:30 Saturday afternoon/evening and we couldn't see more than twenty feet from our camp, started to think we wouldn't be seeing anything sunset like. We had our steak, rice and asparagus dinner and waited. Around 7:15 we could see a little bit of sky above the dome, we grabbed our camera's and snowshoes and headed up to the top to see..........
We got what we came for, what a sight. Clearing/Approaching Storm, a photographers dream. It was a bit blustery up there.....
After the show, we made our way back to camp and ate ( I ate 10) homemade cookies that Norma had brought and settled in for the night. As soon as we got into the tent, it started to snow/sleet, perfect timing.
The next morning was clear, not nearly as spectacular as the sunset, but beautiful.....
It was a bit of a push at 20 miles, but worth it. Thanks Norma for accompanying me on another adventure
taste so good, but oink, oink oink! And if i don't find my misplaced memory card with my pix soon, i will need a hike of epic proportion to relieve the angst and the chocolate chip weight i've gained.
