tent cablns in Curry Village not available in July & Aug 2024

Great tip! I haven't taken public transport to get to the park yet but might do that next time!

Hi Jay. Hope you could give some tips here. If I am arriving Yosemite from Lee Vining, where could I take the bus from assuming Tioga Road is open by June?

@@phoebeboak1236 That depends on where you are ultimately starting from?

...Amtrak trains are usually late on rented bumpy freight train owned tracks. I did that Merced to YV bus company thing and most guests stayed 2 nights or 3 nights, not 1 night or 1 day, with advance reservations. Also rode the old Mammoth Mountain to YV daily bus, but may no longer be operational. Call NPS. Latest big biz "concessionaire" in YNP was kicked out of Muir Woods NM for unsafe food handling, poor supervision, etc. so steady decline from Curry family, to MCA of LA, to DN of NY, to ...Aramark. Wonder if Biden and new native DOI director woman can produce any benefit??

Question! So if I take the Yarts/bus into the park, does it just drop you off at the entrance and then you're on your own? Or do they have a shuttle that will take you from 1 location to another? Asking cause I was going to drive in tomorrow but JUST found out you need a reservation if driving in. Wtf.

Glad you like it and hope you get to visit Yosemite soon!

Glad it was helpful! Enjoy Yosemite!

I’m here for the same reason also. This video definitely helps.

Glad it was helpful! Enjoy Yosemite !

Hi I am going in a few weeks (staying in Yosemite lodge) How did you go about upgrading? Did you call the lodge directly and enquire or did you call the Awhanee hotel?

@@zoehammond2685 It’s been about 10 years ago, so I’m sorry if I get it wrong, but I’m pretty sure I called the Awhanee. But I believe all the hotels in Yosemite are linked in their booking process. Good luck! Enjoy the winter quiet and beauty!

Glad it was helpful! Hope you enjoy your trip to Yosemite!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad it was helpful! Enjoy Half Dome - I hear it's one of the most thrilling hikes.

Whites and Indians living in the valley proceeded the DC government, but were kicked out by the DC government.

Thanks, april is when we plan, is this too early?

@@musicsavant1079 It'll still get pretty cold in April, and the snowmelt won't really be started yet for the waterfalls. I was there on my honeymoon in early June. Waterfalls and weather were wonderful. Summer is fun when it's warmer, and any season in Yosemite is magical, but it's a trade off if you want to see the waterfalls at their best.

not this year!!

Have fun! I bet it will look nice and Christmasy 🌲

Hope you enjoy it! We were there for thanksgiving too!

Thanks for the sub! ❤️

yay!

She says hi! 🐶

Glad it was helpful! Hope you get a chance to check out Yosemite this year.

Glad it was helpful!

Yes there are restrooms at the Wawona Hotel near the South Entrance - stay for tea and enjoy the nearby Mariposa Grove which also has a rest stop.

Amazing! It will be warm and sunny - around the 80s during the day and 50s at night, and if you are going high in elevation bring layers! Enjoy Yosemite!

Thank you 😁

@@RunTheAtlas can't wait till June we have our Yosemite trip for a whole week . But we are staying at the Tenaya lodge 😊

truly... it's incredible

The Holiday Inn express is great for kids! Just minutes from the Oakhurst entrance. The evergreen lodge is good is you want to completely unplug and have more of a lodge experience.

...it's only in Summer, 3 months, and only the 7 Sq mi Valley in a NP of over 1000 Sq miles. Gross mismanagement from sexual harassment of female Rangers to out of control prescribed burns to gate fees not used in park to maintain and fill potholes, etc. Let's not make this a rich elitist park like in the past or military RnR center. Removing Upper and Lower River Campgrounds was a mistake when all that was needed was to stop selling firewood and allowing open wood campfires in the Valley. Most college grads could have managed this park better, more honestly and openly. What a fiasco the Yosemite Master Plan process was ...for years.

only 3 months of Summer and only 7 Sq miles of the Valley when park is over1000 Sq miles. 1864 and President Lincoln ,during the awful Civil War, first to protect usa park land.

@@mrcal48boy The DC government is always closing campgrounds, all over the States. The administration of the parks do not like us peons disturbing their parks. At the same time they are closing trails and campgrounds, they are moving in more park employees to live within the park. The fate of most parks is to end up like the Grand Canyon park. The main area is literally a town for employees and hangers on. I am saying all this from experience, I am almost 80 and I have been going to the parks out west since I was 21.

I was there last October and it was not crowded at all. Had a wonderful time and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect. I can’t wait to return someday God willing.

Exactly why we’re going in October

Think you might have spent a bit too long on 4chan.

...Rangers say suicidal maybe, like sf high-rise offices and the GG bridge.

usually because of something they did

I suggest Olmstead Point on the Tioga Road. It's not Glacier Point, but it still has spectacular views, including Half Dome from the NE, Clouds Rest, Tenaya Lake, etc.

@@skysurfer5cva cool! Much thanks! 👍

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Oakhurst and it was very dog friendly. You can stay on the first floor and have easy access to take your dogs out: www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/oakhurst/oakyo/hoteldetail. Be aware that some trails in Yosemite prohibit dogs so check to the ones that allow them first.

Best solution; find a human pet.

iPhone 13 Pro!

The road had a lot of hairpin turns, and hardly any working gps. I recommend doing it in daylight. I did the drive at night and it was a little scary not gonna lie. The evergreen lodge is a great choice! Such a restful place, I really miss that place!

@RunTheAtlas Thanks good to know! I'm thinking of maybe changing my reservation to stay at Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal instead, it seems a bit closer to the entrance of Yosemite and not as scary of a drive, any advice on that option? I'm just wanting a safer (daylight) drive, a couple of years ago I went to Yosemite (from the Oakhurst side Hwy 41) and that road coming out of Yosemite back down was pretty high up and scary, no guard rails and hairpin turns.

That is in a great location. I recommend taking Highway 140 into the park - it follows the river canyon into the park and is the least curvy of the drives. The Oakhurst hwy 41 is super curvy - I had to go very slow on that road and it took forever to get to the canyon. Driving here in the daytime is fine, but nighttime can def be a bit hairy.

According to the NPS website, you will need a reservation May 20-September 30, 2022 www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/reservations.htm Otherwise just enter through the entrance and pay the entrance fee.

Yes! Definitely still worth the visit. As an alternative, check out Tunnel View for an awesome viewpoint of the park.

@@RunTheAtlas Thanks so much!

True statement!!

There are definitely 5 entrances, you can Google it!

...I drove local bus on 4 highways, 120W, 120E, 140 from Merced, 41 from Fresno. 10 years living in the Valley. Hetchy is a dead end at the dam. But it's a free country still today, so you can have any opinion.

Yes that's a great time to go! You may see a mix of weather and possible snow, somewhere between the 40s and 50s usually.

@@RunTheAtlas Do you think it's a good option, to book a feature room at the ahwahnee hotel? Is there any ziplining at yosemite

Yes, if you have a camp site.

Get eaten.

...I followed the official YNP bear patrol Ranger nightly, Tom, and Valley bears as a wannabe Ranger,back in 1970s, at 100yards safe distance. Awoke campers tried banging on pots and pans and yelling and screaming, but that's boring old play to these, straight to the food cooler black bears. Don't park in the Curry ,apple orchard, parking lot in Autumn with all the ripe apples. if you do, will your car insurance cover a bear peeling down your car door easily? I used red hot chili powder on my car doors, since the NPS would not put up gated fencing. in 10 years, I saw 1000s of night time bear damaged car doors. They can out run you and sows are extremely protective of their young cubs. I wear a small bell, so they can hear me coming. if I hear them, I slowly back far away and take another trail. Many bears have been narc-ed, killed, and tossed over Turtle Dome cliffs one reporter says, so we need to be respectful of their presence and power over us even in a NP. Once on hwy 120 from sf we passed tiny Crane Flat Meadow in the Spring with a big bear right in the middle."Stop! Open the door and let us out!" shouts. No way, too dangerous."Can you at least have him stand up and wave to us?!" How. At Yosemite Lodge for usual 3 hours, I warned all 50 to stay on trails, beware of bears, and stay out of the Meadows high grass. At pick up, the same 2 old East coast women told me, "we didn't do what you told us to do. And walking in the meadow tall grass we came within 10 feet of a mama bear and her 2 cubs, eating grass...and got lots of close-up pictures!!" Not ignorance and death, but high risk behavior and near death. Tour bus Driver-Guide paid much better with similar jerk mgmt, so did that instead. May Lake High Sierra Camp parking lot had every car bear ripped and on walk in to hike Mt Hoffman I asked those walking out, "Do you have full car insurance?" Many did not, could not afford it.($21B overpaid each year in USA mandatory now car insurance premiums. )

@@mrcal48boy The black bear and cubs thing is a little bit of a myth. I have come upon them before and usually the momma hightails it off, cubs climb a little bit up a tree.

... read pack bells are now Outlawed! Tent off veg., on gravel or granite!? Rumor trout stocking was stopped. Where's the fun in all that!? Mariposa Grove burned because YNP did not fuel reduce thickets of non redwoods! Another Grove to W also! By the by, 2 computer experts tell me Ai has the potential to be Terrible, like Dark Ages 1000 years, but no one will talk honestly about how bad this tech might be for Societies. They both fear the most profitable, Worst outcome.

There is NOT an "alarming amount of folks that have disappeared and went missing in Yosemite." In fact, there are very, very few. If you just drive around the park, the odds of disappearing are virtually zero. If you hike on trails, have the proper gear (including a map, food, water, etc.), and don't do anything stupid, the odds of disappearing are also virtually zero. I have visited Yosemite around 200 times in my life. I have done driving visits, I done hiking visits, I have camped, and I have stayed in lodges. I know people who have visited even more times than I have. None of us have disappeared. Just remember that the news only reports bad and unusual events. So, the report of one person going missing does not imply that the 4 million other annual visitors have also disappeared. SMH

Been many times. Nothing scary ever happened to me (besides almost getting run over by a deer when I was a baby). The park is very safe feeling. I’ve even hitch hiked and felt perfectly safe there. There are a lot of people that visit the park so someone is bound to have a bad experience.

Nothing scary about it. Of course as in all places you have to follow rules never wonder outside trails or swin in prohibited waters. Park is safe if you follow the rules.

The stressful thing is driving to get to the visitor's center. No one tells you that but it's very challenging. Other stuff you need to be careful. I did not experience such things.