Quotecampinman7 qumquats idea of Day 1: be in line at the permit office at 3am, sleep till office opens, get permit for Little Yosemite Valley ( not pass thru ) entering via Glacier Point for the next day, enjoy the day touristing in the valley, stay the night at the backpackers campground. Day 2: Drive or take the hikers bus up to Glacier Point, take Panorama Trail to Little Yosemite Vallby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotecampinman7 THX so much for all the info.... . . . snip . . . i am assuming there are 40% additional permits to be given out the day of????. . . snip THX This is an important point . . . You need to be at the head of the line at the permit office the day BEFORE you enter.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Day 1: be in line at the permit office at 3am, sleep till office opens, get permit for Little Yosemite Valley ( not pass thru ) entering via Glacier Point for the next day, enjoy the day touristing in the valley, stay the night at the backpackers campground. Day 2: Drive or take the hikers bus up to Glacier Point, take Panorama Trail to Little Yosemite Valley, spend the night. Day 3: Half Domeby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotedobber Great! Thanks for the helpful responses. Most of the campers we will be bringing are first timers. The thought of having them set up their tents in the dark is tempting....... You might try having them try set up the tents before the trip on a bright sunny day in the yard with the instructions in front of them. Thats a lot easier than in the dark the first night of the trip!by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDanTheManThe views are breath taking! We're doing a north rim trip on memorial day weekend . . . Don't skip Eagle Peak! I think it's one of the best views in the park.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yep, the abandoned gas station. It's between Big Oak Flat and Groveland. "The Scar" between Big Oak Flat and Grovelandby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Lodging? Car camping? Backpacking? In all three cases Yosemite Valley is a good start, although Lodging, even this time of the year, might be a problem.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Is this in the area around the abandoned gas station? It'd be nice to get rid of that blighted area, but this seems like way overkill.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteAlmostThereA few more campgrounds on Tioga Road would make more sense. In the past decades they've closed at least 2 campgrounds on Tioga.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There are 1/2 the campsites in the valley there used to be. Long term, there seems to be a bias against camping since NPS keeps closing sites. I understand the problems that flood zones and rockfall zones present when a campground is in the zone, but I just want to go camping! Build more campgrounds please!by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
He's been busy keeping the squirrels from taking over. And the raven's hanging around looking for left overs.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If you're sleeping in a tent on the ground make sure you have something other then the bottom of the tent between the sleeping bag and the ground. Bring extra blankets or even better is a foam pad of some kind like a Thermarest. More than once I've woken up in the middle of the night cold because I've rolled off the pad. Even better, bring both. Last time I slept in Camp 4 on top of snow Iby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Somewhere there's a picture of someone sking down the gully, I don't think they went down the ledge to the east, I think they went down the gully to the west, Le Conte Gully?by qumqats - General Discussion
I've stayed there before, although not recently. As I remember, it has a more primitive feel than camping in the valley. You do still have bathrooms so it's not THAT primitive. Watch out for the altitude if you're not used to it. It's somewhere or over 7000 feet, so you'll start gasping for air pretty quickly if you start exerting yourself, especially on the first day or two. The campgroundby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotekrusovice I've always been fascinated about this trail. There's little chance I'd hike it without someone that has done it before, however. And only in the "up" direction. Found a neat panorama from a vista point on The Ledge. http://www.worldwidepanorama.org/worldwidepanorama/wwp608/html/JoelBaldwin.html For those that have been on the trail, is this near the gully whereby qumqats - General Discussion
Sounds like Hazel Green, at the bottom of the first downhill as you come in the park on HW 120. The road is going downhill turning to the left, you get to a straight as it hits the bottom flat with car parking on both sides, and then starts uphill again as it turns to the left. It's like a big U with the flat bottom at the bottom of the U. Interesting history in the area. In stage coach daby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek QuotejannykmacSadly, the rangers monitoring loud party activity are doing a poor job. Have you tried making a phone call to the dispatch center? Yes I once had a double wamme bad experience in Camp 4, first a threating verbal exchange from a guy sleeping in his car when I parked too close to his car in the parking lot, and then when I got to my site a guy who wanted to crash forby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The road can have been open for weeks and still nothing is open up there. The store, campgrounds, High camps, and everything else take quite some time to open at the start of the season, and pack up at the close of season. A few years ago the High camps were closed all summer, they couldn't get them open early enough to make it worth while. It made it interesting camping at Glen Aulin andby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The canyon down to Waterwheel ( can't say about beyond since I haven't been ) is a series of flat calm valleys followed by cataracts. There's at least two flat valleys between Glen Aulin and Waterwheel, one I think is right above it. Make sure you actually go down to Waterwheel, a lot of people get to LeConte Fall and stop thinking its Waterwheel.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Only needed for Fri, Sat, Sun, Holiday ascents to the summit of Half Dome. Wonderful video, re-enforces my desire to do HD again next summer, its been quite a while. I wonder what the #'s of climbers will be for the year. The controversy over the permit system could well spark an increase.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Only reason I can think of is because some people are afraid of the unknown, and the wilderness is unknown to them. They think they're in danger and need to protect themselves, and that a gun is a reasonable solution.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDave QuotequmqatsAnd you believe that you can see HD from Turlock. Some people believe you can. I'm extremely skeptical. The photo they show doesn't look right. I think what makes it look odd is the depth-of-field compression that the extreme telephoto lens used creates.by qumqats - General Discussion
And you believe that you can see HD from Turlock.by qumqats - General Discussion
NPGR has been there since LONG before RVs as is evidenced by the old roadhouse you pass on the inside of one of the switchbacks. Could OPGR have been the horse trail, and NPGR the wagon trail back in gold rush days? This looks interesting, I haven't read it carefully but it might give some information about the two PG's histories. Big_Oak_Flat_Road_(HAER_No._CA-147)_written_historical_and_by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
WOW! That's nice. Where was that taken from? The angle is different from what I've see before. top of Eagle peak?by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
'cleaning up' ? That's certainly NOT what I'd call it. Maintenance catch-up, and redevelopment is more accurate. The flood gave them an excuse ( and money ) to do all these other things. 'cleaning up' implies response to damage caused by the flood. The last thing that qualifies, is the repair of the road along the river between Pohono bridge and the old diversion dam site they did lastby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Why is it so busy? Are that many people skiing?by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Self registration during winter at Camp 4, sign in on the clip board at the kiosk, grab one of the envelops out of the box and fill out, money goes into the envelope and into the drop post box, top of the envelope gets ripped off and tied to the tent, the bathrooms on the east end of the building are closed for the winter, the 2 heated bathrooms on the west end are open all winter, watch oby qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'd be VERY cautious around water and during any water crossing. One of the top categories of fatalities in Yosemite is water related. The force of the water, and how the body is affected by the cold water, can be very deceiving.by qumqats - General Discussion
Camp 4...middle of Feb...snow still all over the place... what does the ahwahnee meadow web cam look like? My guess is you won't have any trouble.by qumqats - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion