Thank you!

The 42nd year of Yosemite's YCC Program has come to a close.  It was an extremely successful year with miles of trails built and maintained!  We send a thank you out to all of the families and friends that supported the Enrollees throughout their experience; this program would not be possible without you.

Award Dinner Invite

Yosemite YCC

Award Dinner

Families, Friends & Program Partners;

Let’s celebrate together the

Accomplishments of the 2013 YCC Season!

 

Friday, August 9^th, 2013, 5:00 p.m. at the East Auditorium

 

We will provide the food and beverage, we ask you to

bring a dessert item to share.

 

Please RSVP the number attending and if tri-tip, chicken or

vegetarian meal options are preferred by 8/5 to:

 

Camp Manager, Janelle McDonald

Janelle_McDonald@nps.gov or 209-379-1235

Parents/Guardians: You can meet us at El portal School at 4:00 p.m. and follow

YCC Staff to the  East Auditorium in Yosemite Valley at 4:30 p.m. 

YCC Enrollees will be released from the YCC Program at 7:00 p.m.;

 a parent or guardian must be present unless other arrangements

have been made with the Camp Manager. 

 

All Enrollees flying home will remain in the

program and will be transported to the airport Saturday morning by YCC Staff.

 

For anyone that is looking for lodging in or near the park, please visit

Yosemite.com or Yosemitepark.com for local lodging options. 

 

Environmental Awareness (EA)

 

 

A required component of the YCC program is Environmental Awareness.  Each week, the crews are committed to spending at least one hour per day learning about their natural surroundings.

Buck Camp

         Thanks to Erik, our cook, for sending in these photos of Buck Camp and the Green Crew.

 

Photo Time

Weekly updates in photos, thanks to the Blue Crew for submitting!

 

 

 

 

 



Dance Party!

This recreation weekend ended with a dance off at the school between the Blue and Red crews, it was fun to see all involved.

Temps are still high but not as high as last week, highs will be in the low 100's in El Portal.  This week the Green Crew will remain in Tuolumne Meadows working on trails.  The Blue Crew hiked back in to their spike camp, Buck Camp and the Red Crew will remain at the school and complete projects in the valley as well as on Glacier Point Road. 

Blue Crew prepared for their hike to Buck Camp with Stock support

 

Setting records and keeping cool!

We have survived the first 3 of a 9-day heat wave!  Temperatures in El Portal are running around 112 during the day.  As you can imagine, there has been a lot of mandatory swimming in the river time as we work through the heat. 

Updates for this week include Red Crew working out of El Portal, Blue Crew is headed to our spike camp, Buck Camp and Green Crew is moving to Tuolumne Meadows. 

4th of July is this week and all YCC Enrollees will enjoy a day off from work and join up with each other for a day of old time games, swimming and a barn dance in Wawona, pictures to follow.

Sunset over Ostrander Lake