YOSEMITE NATURE NOTES 



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Merced Canyon and foothills westward from Glacier Point Road 



G BADGER PASS. This is Yosem- 

 o ite's principal skiing area where as 

 many as 3000 visitors ski on a 

 busy Sunday. The ski runs are tailored 

 for the entire family, small beginner's 

 slopes progressing to steeper terrain for 

 the better skiers. The runs vary in length 

 from one-half to two miles. There are 

 two T-bar Constam lifts and one rope 

 tow. Badger Pass has a cafeteria, sales 

 room, and ski school. During summer 

 Badger Pass is one of the park's most 

 beautiful wildflower gardens where such 

 flowers as blue camas, brodiaea, leopard 

 lily, western blue flag, columbine, lark- 

 spur, wild strawberry, various lupines, 

 wild geranium, cow parsnips, Sierra 

 shooting star, various pentstemons, mi- 

 mulus, asters, daisies and the blackeyed 

 susan provide an unusual display. 



G MERCED PEAK. This is the peak 

 <3 you see as you look directly ahead, 

 J elevation 11,722 feet. It is so 



named because it is the culminating 

 point of the Merced River whose head- 

 waters originate on nearby mountains. 



G PEREGOY MEADOW. The large 

 a meadow which extends on both 

 sides of the road just before you 

 reach Bridalveil Creek is Peregoy Mead- 

 ow. The horse trail from Clark's Station, 

 which eventually became part of the 

 original Wawona Road to Yosemite Val- 

 ley, ran through this meadow and it was 

 here that in 1869 the Mountain View 

 House, one of the first hostelries in the 

 park, was built. The Mountain View 

 House flourished until 187 5 when the 

 old Wawona Road became a reality. The 

 meadow was named for Mr. and Mrs. 

 Charles Peregoy who operated the hotel. 



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BRIDALVEIL CREEK. This creek 

 forms the beautiful Bridalveil Water- 

 fall. In the Bridalveil basin the 

 creek winds through a series of delight- 



