https://www.monobasinresearch.org/data/tiogapass.php And July 22, 2023 but that was unusual...by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Looks like Tioga Pass is closed for the winter.by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yup. I've been saying for decades now that the whole traffic backup from Yosemite Lodge to Stoneman bridge in the afternoons is the uncontrolled pedestrians crossing from the Yosemite lodge parking lot to the Lower Falls trail. Not a tough concept.by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I just got back from the Valley. I was so glad to see that the experimental traffic patterns that they had last year were gone. It was so easy to get around the Valley and especially easy to get to and from the parking area at Sentinel Bridge for access to Clark's Meadow. I see that they are still not going to address the main reason for traffic back ups from Yosemite Lodge back to Stoneman Bridby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Somewhere I saw that Sentinel Bridge will be closed for road work starting this spring. Does anyone have any solid info on this and will it be closed this coming week? Also will the adjoining parking lot be closed this week too? And are they using those L.A. freeway K-rails in the Valley again now?by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteBrianHawkins I have a campsite reservation that runs from May 3-7. If they exerted the closure to, say, May 4th, will they cancel my entire reservation, or just shorten it to May 4-7? I'd appreciate hearing from anyone that has insight on this. Thank you. They are reopening the campgounds 5/1. You should be good to go.by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
They are reopening the campgrounds on 5/1. You should be good.by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Valley re-opening tomorrow. Camping reservations will be available at 8a.m. pacific time tomorrow morning on Recreation.gov.,for sites for 5/1 and 5/2, which were previously canceled due to flood worries. Upper and North Pines too. https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232450by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=pohc1&wfo=hnxby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Me too. I can go either the week of the 8th or 22nd, but it doesn't look good as far as flooding goes.by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
When you were there recently did they still have those crazy traffic route changes that they instituted last year with the k-rails and redoing the shuttle routes?by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Uh Oh: https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=pohc1&wfo=hnxby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htmby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I've been making Yosemite camping reservations yearly now for about 30+ years , starting with Ticketron, then phone reservations, then some other computer booking app, and now this one. Recreation .gov is by far the best one so far. The secret is you have to plan ahead and know your booking windows dates, which are easily found on the website and the National Park websites. Booking a year aheaby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It looks like they are still not addressing the cause of the afternoon backups from the Lower Falls/Yosemite Lodge crosswalk back to Stoneman Bridge. It is due to no pedestrian control at the crosswalk. Only a couple of cars can get through at a time due to the constant flow of pedestrians stepping out and stopping cars. There needs to be 24hr. crosswalk control there, either a pedestrian lightby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Am I reading the new shuttle bus routes map wrong or now (effective 5/17) in order to get from Yosemite Lodge to the east end of the Valley (or Yosemite Village) you can no longer catch that bus across the road from the Yosemite lodge registration building but have to catch it in front of the building and go west all the way down to El Cap crossover and then east back past Sentinel and Cathedraby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Does anybody know if Degnan's still has free wi-fi and if so what the password is? Also does anyone know if they have closed the parking lot behind Yosemite Village's general store yet for that planned re-paving/construction project?by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I hope they don't expand this. The current system is a type of pseudo lottery already without the extra step and paying $10 for about the same odds to get a site. Just read up on the procedure and be ready on the appropriate 15th of the month and push the enter button at 7 a.m. and hope you get a site...kind of like a lottery. The complainers are usually the ones who come out of the fog aboutby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Scored 4 nights Lower Pines one of my favorite sites, 5/23 to 5/27... Yippee!by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Anybody have up to date info on this?by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Since there are no shuttle buses running this summer there is a lot more traffic in the Valley as people who usually would have taken the shuttle buses are now driving their own cars around the valley and parking is in short supply.by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Does Degnans still have free wi-fi?by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the reply. I recently received a message from the Park stating the same thing, although they didn't say anything about having a camping reservation...interesting.by mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Does anyone know if you can leave a RV parked in this pkg. lot over night if it is not occupied or slept in? We may be camping for 4 days in the valley, then pull the trailer home, and 3 days later my sister would go back up there pulling the same trailer and camp for 4 days. Trying not to have to tow the trailer back home, and then have it towed back up there 3 days later. I've seen RV's parkedby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteMusketeerd Hi Everyone, I managed to get a last minute spot this weekend for upper pines 43. Problem is my trailer is 26 foot, 31.5 foot end to end. The site says it can handle an rV up to 35 and trailer 24 foot. Anyone have experience with this site? I find the limits tend to be conservative most sites, hoping this is one too.. I checked campsite photos that I could find and it seeby mtn man - General Discussion
I would imagine that the reason for the 12' limit is that after subtracting 16ft. for the tow vehicle it only leaves about 14' for a trailer. But you're right, it looks like they could probably hang multiple feet of the trailer over and behind the bumper (those picnic tables are movable). If worse came to worse you could put the trailer there and find somewhere else to park the tow vehicle. Hikeby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here's a better picture of your site....Looks like that bumper on the pad is gone, but you are supposed to keep all your wheels on the pavement...Let me know how it works out. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7375343,-119.5652222,3a,75y,183.88h,88.3t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOAYAbnfIQ9bbkOJ0PJz1oy-dXErNFUgRSgOI4s!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOAYAbnfIQ9bbkOJ0PJzby mtn man - General Discussion
You might want to move your question to the Yosemite Discussion part of this forum. You might get more responses.by mtn man - General Discussion
I have a list of campsite parking pad dimensions and it shows the pad size for that campsite is 33x10, clear. Clear means that you should be able to back the trailer wheels up to the bumper stop and hang the rest of it behind the bumper stop. Depending on how many feet you have between the back wheel and the end of the trailer should give you an idea of how much room you would have left in frontby mtn man - General Discussion
Quotetroutwild Yosemite entrance reservations to begin May 21st through Sept 30th. 3 days only this time. https://tinyurl.com/vrds9h73 Other changes: Descending the Mist Trail steps from the top of Vernal Fall is prohibited from 9 am to 4 pm. To return to the trailhead, continue hiking uphill to Clark Point (500 feet additional elevation gain), then down the John Muir Trail. The trail fromby mtn man - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion