Winter In Yosemite Valley (Upscaled to 4k)

Winter is hands down my favorite season to shoot in Yosemite National Park. The footage in this episode was compiled from 2017, 2019 and 2021, and includes the massive snow season in 2019, Horsetail Fall madness, and what it's like to get snowed in with access cut off from both highways 41 and 140. (I didn't purchase the AWD Sienna until 2022, so all travel in the park was with my Prius with snow cables...which presented several challenges, LOL.)
Link to check road conditions and current status at Yosemite: www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm
Time codes:
0:00 - 1:19 Intro
1:20 - 3:06 Getting to Yosemite in the Winter
3:07 - 8:31 Snowed in (Highways into Yosemite shut down due to snow, 2019)
8:32 - 9:36 My Favorite Season In the Park
9:37 - 10:25 Horsetail Fall, Firefall effect
10:26 - 11:54 Ahwahnee and Yosemite Lodge In the Snow
11:56 - 12:52 The magic of clearing Winter storms
12:53 Final thoughts and some of my Winter photos of the park
Music: Epidemic Sound
#yosemite #winter #landscapephotography

[@landdraft]

Granddeur of nature thank you❤

[@WJMPhotography]

Thank you so much for watching. :)

[@bethsevey6060]

Goosebumps! The beauty of God's creation is stunning and the light and the dark contrasts, wow!

[@WJMPhotography]

Thank you so much for the encouragement! :)

[@EdithJustice]

lovely footage thanks for sharing

[@WJMPhotography]

Thanks for watching Edith! :)

[@crybabyeliot]

Mr. Mac!! Never ceasing to drop some beautiful shots on UA-cam. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas

[@WJMPhotography]

Thanks Eliot! Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to you too! :)

[@3zea-un7do]

Just raw nature awe struck absolutely gorgeous stunningly beautiful

[@WJMPhotography]

Thank you for your comment and for watching. I definitely said all of those things out loud while I was shooting. :)

[@PhotographyByRune]

Must have been nice having the Yosemite all to yourself!
Liked the video and the effort, so I subscribed.

[@WJMPhotography]

Thanks Rune! It was pretty amazing, especially after they closed both of the highways into the park. It doesn't happen all that often, so I felt very fortunate to be there. Thank you for subscribing! :)

[@NeilArthurs]

Absolutely wonderful!!! Yosemite is somewhere I would love to visit but wow in the winter like this would be stunning! you have captured it all so beautifully! I know the Fire fall shot can be so over crowed but oh man id love the chance to shoot it too! Cheers

[@WJMPhotography]

Thanks Neil! I hope you get a chance to visit there in the Winter! Lots of rain so far this year and not as much snow, but if you can get there after a big snow storm, it can be pretty amazing. :)

[@mazymonroe8749]

Oh WOW❣️

[@theseriousprepper4372]

Wow!!!

[@WJMPhotography]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@suz58]

Absolutely breathtaking 🥰

[@WJMPhotography]

Thanks Su! :)

[@Fcong_1960]

Awesome video 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️

[@WJMPhotography]

Thanks Francisco!

[@JohnPhan1]

LOVE it ... beautiful production

[@WJMPhotography]

Thanks John!

[@JohnPhan1]

good lord man ... winter in a prius ... you're brave ... lol@@WJMPhotography

[@WJMPhotography]

I had tire cables, but I didn't really think about what would happen if they stopped plowing the roads. It took me at least an hour to dig out when I bottomed out in front of Bridal Veil. I have since moved on to a lifted AWD Toyota Sienna Camper Van, LOL.@@JohnPhan1

[@JohnPhan1]

Hmmmm never thought about a lifted minivan … been looking at Ford Transit or Sprintet 🤔🤔🤔

[@Tom-jy3jd]

Don’t have this in FLORIDA or TEXAS