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Hitech
I am staying at Bass Lake over presidents week. While we are there I plan to head up to Yosemite with the family. I was looking for ideas on what to do and where to go. Keep in mind that my daughter is only 7. I had hoped to get to Mariposa Grove, but a two mile walk in snowshoes is not what I'm looking for. We have all been to the valley before, but it was in summer. Any ideas for nice, easy and fun things to do?
BTW, the idea behind this trip is simply to go to the snow.
Thanks.
If there's snow, an outing to Badger Pass is in order. It's a perfect place to learn how to ski if your daughter doesn't already know how. Also it's a good place to learn how to snow shoe with snow shoes rentals available (though it might be cheaper to rent snow shoes elsewhere). Badger Pass also has a snow tubing area too (though a fee is charged for its use (like the rest of the ski area).
In addition, there's a free Snow Play Area at Crane Flat (located near the Crane Flat campground).
Also if you happen to be there during a day with clear skies in the afternoon, you can witness firsthand Yosemite's natural "firefall", Horsetail Fall, in action. Horsetail Fall will light up in spectacular fashion starting about 20 minutes before sunset if there's no clouds to block the sunlight from reaching the waterfall. But viewing it has become very popular in the past ten years, so if you want to find parking nearby the viewpoints for the waterfall, you need to arrive there usually no later than two hours BEFORE sunset, though sometimes the parking spaces fill up even three hours before sunset.
And of course, snow or no snow, there should be ice skating available at Curry Village.