The Evergreen Lodge, a historic mountain resort located on the edge of Yosemite National Park, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and it wants you to come celebrate.
Kicking off in March, the hotel is hosting a year-long celebration that looks back at its rich history as a traveler favorite. Evergreen Lodge historic photo Credit: Courtesy of Evergreen Lodge When the lodge first opened in 1921, Prohibition was in full swing, which set the stage for speakeasy culture, bad booze, and creative cocktails, the hotel explained in a statement. Legend even has it that moonshine was brewed in the basement of the lodge during Prohibition. The President at the time was a waffle fanatic, out-of-work bartenders and celebrities like Ernest Hemingway were fleeing to Cuba for fun, and dancing the Charleston decked out in flapper regalia was all the rage. Evergreen Lodge was born amid
As of press time, some trails, campsites, and businesses are closed due to COVID-19 precautions. To check for safety protocols and potential closures, check individual websites before you go.
It’s no exaggeration to say that some of the most formative outdoor experiences of my adult life happened at Yosemite National Park in California. It’s where I went backpacking for the very first time (and where I learned that you do not, in fact, need to haul along a full-size pillow and roughly ten pounds of Swedish Fish in order to survive). It’s also where I completed my first multi-pitch climb, saw my first bear, and dug my first cathole (necessary after viewing my first bear). I even completed my first long-distance hike, a two-month stint on the Pacific Crest Trail, which meandered through the park’s Tuolumne Meadows, where Alex Honnold offered me a wave from one of his famous paws
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Vail’s next big road project another roundabout will start this year. The project will affect traffic in one of the town’s most-traveled areas.
Vail Town Engineer Tom Kassmel recently told the Vail Town Council the project will go out to bid in the next month or so, with a contract awarded in March. Work is expected to begin in April, with a completion date set for Nov. 1 of this year.
Kassmel said the project will keep one lane of traffic in each direction open during construction.
Construction will be kept to the westbound lanes through the summer. Kassmel said that would allow easier access to the Vail International condos and Vail Health.
majestic yosemite national park is a little mountain hideaway called the evergreen lodge. when brian anderluh and his partners discovered the historic lodge was for sale, they knew they had found the perfect place to test their vision for a new kind of company. we want to run a profitable business, but we also want to prove we can do good as part of it. the social mission was part of this from the start. reporter: their goal is to run a top-notch business that not only provides healthy returns to their investors but also helps a segment of the population often ignored. we wanted to start a business that provided job opportunities for at-risk young people from the bay area of san francisco, and we got together and crafted an idea of sort of the outward bound model of taking young people out of the city and getting them to the outdoors. yesterday, we went to see the sequoia trees. they re huge. hiking up mountains. we re going to go see the falls
an idea of sort of the model of taking young people out of the city and getting them to the outdoors. yesterday, we went to see the sequoia trees. they re huge. hiking up mountains. we re going to go see the falls and stuff like that. it s just really amazing up here. reporter: just six years ago, the evergreen lodge was a sleepy little mom-and-pop roadside motel with a couple of cabins and an 85-year history. with money provided by investors interested in the owners unique double mission of both a financial and a social return, they upgraded and expanded the lodge into a 70-room mountain resort. why did you do this? why not just run a beautiful lodge in a beautiful national park and do some good on the side when you get home at night? you ve seen that they have hard times raising money year