Drive just about any backroad near Bishop, California during the winter months and you’ll see herds of horses and mules out in pasture. Drive that same backroad during the summer and those pastures are likely to be empty, raising the question, “Where did...
Intro The Bishop Country Club is located in one of the most beautiful settings in California – the Eastern Sierra. The fairways are picturesque, the views are uninterrupted, and the scenery is spectacular. Set in the broad expanse of the Owens Valley with the snow...
“Hey Mom, I’m going to instagrazzle this one!” That’s what my daughter says when she has a great shot to post to Instagram. Then I reply, “Nice one. That will razzle dazzle ‘em.” If your Instagram feed is all about the wow factor in your life then come see and share...
Exploring Bishop on Foot Bishop is a walking town – on any day or evening you’ll find people out on our downtown streets and wide sidewalks, dropping into a neighborhood shop for coffee or a meal, browsing the shops for gifts or treats, meeting up with...
Oh yeah, it’s cold out there. Snow has fallen. Ski season has started. You’ve packed your bags and you’re all geared up for a winter experience. But have you considered that you could experience a little summer with your winter? No. Well consider this … you can! Right...
“Then it seemed to me that the Sierra should be called, not the Nevada or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light. And after ten years of wandering and wondering in the heart of it, rejoicing in its glorious floods of light, the white beams of the morning streaming...
Intro This is the train ride of the year. In fact it’s a magical train ride into yesteryear and it only happens once every year. Do you believe in holiday magic and that wishes really do come true? Well then get your Golden Ticket and receive a happy holiday bell when...
My favorite highball of all times is in the Buttermilks in Bishop, CA. It’s a classic. A perfect set of moves. My hands sweat just thinking about it. I keep telling myself, with the pads we have it’s going to be ok, even with the big dyno at the end. What is a...
Ancient Bristlecone Pine & Milky Way. Photo: Tony Rowell Intro The night sky has captured the human imagination from time immemorial. Here in the Eastern Sierra the clear air and lack of light pollution make way for unimpeded visibility of the stars. On a night...
Intro At the base of the White Mountains, 5 miles east of the center of Bishop, is an exceptional off-road motorcycling and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) area. The Poleta Open Area, covering 2,500 acres, consists of about 50 miles of single-track and ATV trails...
Written by Tom Stienstra From a perch above a boulder-strewn ravine, we peered with binoculars up canyon walls and across a steep jumble of rocks and dirt for endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. The arrival of spring in the high country is when Sierra bighorns...
Bishop, California is in what is arguably one of the most beautiful pockets of land in the Lower 48. It’s no wonder that the town is known as a “small town with a big backyard.” Between the Sierra and Inyo National Forests, just south of Yosemite and north...
Intro The Alabama Hills, nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada just west of Lone Pine, is one of Hollywood’s favorite filming locations. This monumental landscape provides a multitude of settings for movie backgrounds and evocative scenes. The beautiful rock...
The old world charm and quiet, country setting of Bishop belies its bold business heart. There are, living here, brave explorers and daring entrepreneurs who are making products and building businesses inspired by the mountains and a lifestyle of clean air, beautiful...
IntroAround 700,000 years ago, the Volcanic Tablelands were formed from the erupting caldera in Long Valley. Near the small California town of Bishop, the Volcanic Tableland has become known around the rock climbing world as one of the more awesome spots to explore....
Intro The Happy and Sad Boulders offer hundreds of boulder problems that will delight and challenge climbers who come to Bishop to test their skills. With everything from jugs to crimps to pockets, you can find just about anything here. There are caves and cracks, and...
The small town of Bishop, California is nestled in the northern end of the Owens Valley, where the high desert meets rushing creeks and pine forests—all with the snow-capped Sierra Mountains in the background. Bishop is also located just hours away from two of the...
Intro The Owens Gorge is a deep, steep-sided canyon about 10 miles long located northwest of Bishop. It is a world-class destination for rock climbing and a favorite fishing area. The gorge offers fun and adventure all year long for climbers, anglers and hikers. About...
Intro The beautiful Tungsten Hills are easy to overlook because of the surrounding peaks that dwarf them in size, such as Mt. Tom and the Wheeler Crest. They are a year round delight for those looking to take a quick jaunt in nature, however. It’s easy to get caught...
Intro Buttermilk Country is a well-known, world-class bouldering destination. The massive boulders provide some of the most accessible and diverse bouldering in the country with routes that offer everything from fun scrambling to highly technical ‘problems’ that...
Trail running and mountain running are not new to the world of running, but are becoming more popular as a way to enjoy the natural world around us and, at the same time, achieve fitness goals. Running on trails and in areas removed from urban life, where traffic and...
Intro The Owens River Gorge is a massive collection of some of the finest sport climbing that California has to offer. With over 300 routes ranging from 5.6 to 5.13, this crag has something for everyone. The rock in the Owens River Gorge is a type of volcanic tuff...
Best Fly Fishing in California! November 15 is a sad day in the life of an Eastern Sierra trout angler. It is the last day of the general fishing season. Fortunately, there are a handful of special regulated waters that offer winter fishing opportunities in the off...
Intro Located below Pleasant Valley Reservoir and just north of Bishop, the Lower Owens River parallels Highway 395, making it easily accessible and a perfect spot for winter fly fishing. The river makes its way through a valley surrounded by the striking peaks of the...
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Privacy Overview
Effective May 25, 2018
1. What This Policy Is For
This Policy explains how we collect, use and disclose information about you when you visit our website.
2. Your Consent
By visiting, using or navigating our site, you consent to the collection of NON-Personally Identifiable Information (non-PII).
By completing any registration or submission form, (for example email submission forms that may appear at any of our pages to receive special deals, promotions or information), you consent to the use of your personal information in accordance with this policy.
3. What Data We Collect
Cookies
Cookies can be used to recognize your browser when you visit our site, remember your preferences, and give you a personalized experience in accordance with your settings. Cookies also make interactions with our site faster and more secure. Cookies also allow us to bring you more relevant advertising on our site or other sites. our servers receive and record information about your computer, device, and browser, including your IP address, browser type, other software or hardware information, and your geographic location.
Analytics cookies and similar technologies
These cookies collect information about your use of our websites and apps and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on our website, allowing us to provide the most popular information relevant to you. They help us record how you interact with our websites, such as how you navigate around pages and from page to page; identifying improvements we can make to the customer journey. They also help identify any difficulties you have accessing our services, so we can fix any problems. These cookies also allow us to see overall patterns of usage at an aggregated level. Web beacons These are bits of data that count the number of users who access a website or webpage and can also allow us to see if a cookie has been activated. Web beacons used on web pages or in emails allow us to see how successful a campaign has been or that an email message was successfully delivered and read in a marketing campaign. Web beacons are also used to verify any clicks through to links or advertisements contained in emails. We may use this information to help us identify which emails are more interesting to you and to inform advertisers how many customers have clicked on their advertisements (this information is aggregated and does not identify you individually). Tracking URLs Tracking URLs are a special web link that allows us to measure when a link is clicked on. They are used to help us measure the effectiveness of campaigns and advertising and the popularity of sections of the site. Device ID If you access our website or engage with our advertisements on your mobile device we may collect a unique device identifier assigned to that device, geo-location data, and other transactional information for that device. We may also use the unique identifier to validate free trials, or assess if you have visited a location, for example. Tracking, advertising cookies and similar technologies We use these types of technologies to provide advertisements that are more relevant to your interests. This can be done by delivering online advertisements based on your previous web browsing activity, known as “online behavioral advertising" (OBA). Cookies are placed on your browser which will remember the websites you have visited. Advertising based on what you have been looking at is then displayed to you when you visit websites who use the same advertising exchanges.
For example: You may be doing online research in order to visit a destination and read a number of articles about destinations across various websites. As you browse those sites a cookie from advertising technologies would be placed in your browser. It would remember that you had visited several websites related to destination traveling. Then, when you visited another website in the same advertising exchange, the website could show you an advertising related to travel.
We may also use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with advertisements based on your location, offers you click on, and other similar interactions with our websites and apps Functional/preference cookies and similar technologies These cookies collect information about your choices and preferences, and allow us to remember things like language, your username (so you can log in faster), text size, and location, so we can show you relevant content to where you are. They allow us to customize the services you have accessed. We also use these cookies to provide you with services such as video clips or video content. Flash Cookies We may, in certain situations, use Adobe Flash Player to deliver special content, such as video clips or animation. To improve your user experience, Local Shared Objects (commonly know as Flash cookies are used to provide functions such as remembering your settings and preferences. Flash cookies are stored on your device, buy they are managed through an interface different from the one provide by your web browser. See your device for more information. Opt In Email Address In an effort to provide you relevant, and constant email communication, we have in various sections of our site, email submission forms. Only emails that are submitted by you, or someone on your behalf, will be kept in our email database. We may use additional cookie data, such as IP address, zip code or hashtag IDs, or Device ID data, and assign such data to your email, in an effort to provide you a better, more personalized web/site experience, or for retargeting purposes across our advertising campaigns.
If you participate in a survey or request information, your email address, physical mailing address and any other information you volunteer will be collected. Third party advertisers We sell space on our websites to advertisers. The advertisements they display on our websites will often contain cookies. Our advertisers may use cookies or similar technologies to provide you with advertisements that they believe are relevant. They may use browsing data obtained to restrict the number of times you see particular advertisements (frequency capping). You may also see advertisements from these advertisers on other websites you visit.
Third parties that support our services by serving advertisements or providing other services, such as allowing you to share content or tracking aggregate service usage, may also use cookies and other technologies to collect information relevant to the provision of those services.
We do not control third-party cookies or other technologies. Their use is governed by the privacy policies of third parties using such technologies. You should make sure you are aware of how third parties will use cookies by checking the third party’s cookie policy. 4.How We Use and Share Data We Collect Cookie Data Unless you clear these cookies from your browser, we may use this information to:
To provide us aggregate site behavior and insights.
Provide more relevant content.
Retarget you across 3rd party sites, using cookie retargeting data.
Provide aggregate reports of usage activity.
Help understand how visitors engage with our sites or apps.
Detect and defend against fraud and other risks to protect users and partners.
Improve our site, services or products.
To provide relevant content The content on our websites and in our communications with you may be adjusted depending on what we know about the content, products and services that you like. This means we can highlight content and articles that we believe will be of interest to you. We provide personalization by using cookies, IP addresses, web beacons, URL tracking and mobile app settings. Advertising We target and measure the performance of ads, and advertising campaigns, to site visitors directly or through a variety of partners or technologies, using the following data, whether separately or combined:
Data from advertising technologies on and off our site, like web beacons, pixels, ad tags, cookies, and device identifiers.
User-provided information (Ex: Email, Name, Phone Number).
Data from your use of our site (e.g., search history, page visits, videos you watch, frequency of visitation, recency of visitation, clicking on an ad, etc.).
Information or cookie data from advertising partners and publishers.
Information inferred from data described.
Ad Choices We adhere to self-regulatory principles for interest-based advertising (behavioral and contextual) and participate in industry opt-outs from such ads. This does not opt you out of receiving advertising; you will continue to get other ads by advertisers not listed with these self-regulatory tools. Info to Ad Providers We do not share your personal data with any third-party advertisers or ad networks for their advertising except for: (i) hashed or device identifiers (to the extent they are personal data in some countries); (ii) with your separate permission (e.g., email submission form) or (iii) data already visible to any users of the site (e.g. comments or pictures posted on our site). However, if you view or click on an ad on or off our site or apps, the ad provider will get a signal that someone visited the page that displayed the ad, and they may through the use of mechanisms such as cookies determine it is you. Advertising partners can associate personal data collected by the advertiser directly from you with our cookies and similar technologies. Opt In Email Address If you have provided your personal email to receive communication with us or any of our partners, we or any of our partners will provide you email communication following the CAN-SPAM Act compliance. Each email will have a visible unsubscribe button that will allow you to stop communication from us or any of our partners at any moment.
Your Choices
Data Retention We retain cookie data for a period of 26 months. We retain Personal Data until the user has opted to be forgotten or has requested data to be deleted.
You can also opt-out from our use of cookies and similar technologies that track your behavior on the sites of third party digital choice controls like: Ad Choices.
Right to Access and Control Your Personal Data
Delete Data:
You can ask us to erase or delete your personal data.
Object to, or Limit, or Restrict, use of personal data:
You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data or to limit use of it.
Right to Access and/or Take Your Data:
You can ask us for a copy of your personal data and can ask for a copy of personal data you provided in machine readable form.
To request data, please see contact information below.
Controlling cookies
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information. Other helpful resources To learn more about advertisers’ use of cookies the following links may be helpful:
For other browsers, please consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides.
Your Questions and Concerns
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or any of Visit Bishop's use of your information, please contact the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau at the following e-mail address: