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YExplore In the News: Yosemite Feature Articles, Interviews, and Photo Credits In Print, On the Web, and Over the Airwaves

Articles Featuring YExplore in the News

In 5 National Parks, Hidden Gems and Roads Less Traveled
New York Times By Colleen Creamer 2022.07.20

Mariposa Grove Cabin: Yosemite’s Iconic Cabin Among The Sequoias
The Travel by Aaron Spray 2022.03.28

6 REASONS TO VISIT TUOLUMNE COUNTY THIS FALL
Roseville Today 2021.09.12

Cancellations soar as Yosemite’s air quality turns ‘hazardous’
SFGate By Ashley Harrell 2020.09.09

Tourism Officials: No Crowds, Lots of Safeguards at Yosemite
Sierra News Online 2020.07.02

One dead, one injured following rock fall at Yosemite’s El Capitan
The Washington Post By Rachel Chason 2017.09.27

Fatal Rockslide in Major National Park—What You Need to Know
National Geographic By Sarah Gibbens 2017.09.28

Climbers Say Yosemite Rock Fall Is Biggest In Memory
CBS SF/BAY Area from AP Newswire 2017.09.28

El Capitan climbers: Yosemite rock fall is biggest in memory
Lubbock Avalanche Journal By Olga R. Rodriguez 2017.09.28

Update: Another Massive Rockfall at Yosemite’s El Capitan
KQED & Associated Press 2017.09.28

El Capitan rockfall kills one, injures another at Yosemite National Park
CNN By Euan McKirdy 2017.09.27

Yosemite National Park Rockslide Kills 1 on El Capitan
The Weather Channel by Sean Breslin 2017.09.27

Rock fall strikes Yosemite for a second day
WHSV via Associated Press 2017.09.28

One dead, one hurt in rockfall from Yosemite’s El Capitan
The Fresno Bee by Brianna Calix 2017.09.27

Lethal Yosemite rockfall was size of a building
Ventura County Star 2017.09.27

Apps, passes and a birthday party mean you can save at on a park visit
Los Angeles Times By Terry Gardner 2017.05.22

Discover Yosemite National Park with YExplore guided hikes
Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer 2016.07.04

17 Hidden Costs That’ll Blow Your Budget at Yosemite
Michelle Stoffel / GoBankingRates 2016.06.02 (This article was not about YExplore Prices)

America’s national parks, a century of nature and economics
Marketplace World (NPR) 2016.01.18

Channeling John Muir in Hetch Hetchy
National Geographic by Robert Reid of Reid on Travel on (National Geographic Digital Nomad) November 13, 2015

The Scott Dunn Travel Blog
January Blog Post from a visiting travel writer (photos provided by YExplore) 1.19.2015

National Tour Association’s Courier Magazine
January 2015 Yosemite National Park (Mariposa Grove in Winter Photo Credit) p. 47

YExplore Yosemite Adventures owner John DeGrazio on Journeys of Discovery
with Tom Wilmer NPR 7.19.2014

Best Yosemite Hikes Away from the Crowds
Cari Morgan O.A.R.S. Blog 6.27.14

National Trails Day: Explore America’s great landscapes online first
Christian Science Monitor 6.7.2014

Fuel Up With Smoothies then Visit Yosemite With Two New Members!
1% for the Planet 1.2014

“The Shutdown as Seen from Tuolumne County”:
The California Report By Scott Detrow- KQED Radio San Francisco NPR 10.11.2013

“Hiking Tours in Yosemite” By Nicole Hoelscher Demand Media – USA Today 4.2010

“The SMT Interview with John DeGrazio: Guiding in Yosemite on Paths Less Traveled”
By Thomas Atkins – Sierra Mountain Times; Twain Harte, CA 2/27/2009

“Trading Places in Yosemite National Park California”
By Barbara Steinberg – California Travel Insider originally published in Sierra Heritage Magazine 1/2009

“Stories in Stone” By Sandy Gordon
Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau, OWAC Newsletter 10/2008

“Tuolumne Means Golden Adventures”
By Tom Stienstra – The San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate.com 6/19/2008

“50 Active Vacations for the Fitness Conscious: Hiking”
By Kerry Hannon – U.S. News & World Report – 5/28/2008 (This article appeared in the print 7/7/08)

“Sonoran Focuses on Yosemite Adventure, Photography”
By Teresa Chebuhar – The Union Democrat; Sonora, CA 1/2/2008

“What’s New in California Winter 2007/2008”
Go California; California Travel and Tourism Commission 11/2007 (Scroll to page 19)

“Finding Gold (of all sorts) near Yosemite”
by Sue Frause – HeraldNet; Everett, WA 7/8/2007

YExplore in the News on television and Radio

TELEVISION INTERVIEWS

SCALPERS SNAP UP HALF DOME HIKING PERMITS By Michael Finney ABC News

RADIO AIRWAVES

America’s national parks, a century of nature and economics Marketplace World (NPR) 2016.01.18

“The Shutdown as Seen from Tuolumne County”: The California Report By Scott Detrow- KQED Radio San Francisco 10.11.2013

Big Blend Radio The Big Blend Radio Show 4.1.2011

KFBK Radio 1530 AM Sacramento- The KFBK Outdoor Show with Bob Simms 6/14/08 at 7:32am

On June 14, 2008 John DeGrazio spoke with Bob Simms about the unique photographic opportunities offered by Y explore inside Yosemite. (Note: the interview with John starts 20 minutes into the Hour 3 segment)

You may also wish to read these blog posts about YExplore media attention:

https://www.yexplore.com/john-p-degrazio-yosemite-ambassador-of-the-week/

https://www.yexplore.com/yexplore-on-npr-marketplace-january-2016/

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