Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for February 14, 2023by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
TM conditions January 24 2023by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Is skiing/snoeshowing along GP road permitted this year? If so, are they grooming the road?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/update-for-december-14-2022.htmby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
My freshman year of college, if I left the screen-less windows to my dorm room open, squirrels would help themselves to whatever food we'd left out. When our children were young, they found this story hilarious, but it made for a good way to explain to them the need to keep food in the metal lockers at Yosemite - we explained that we want to keep the food away from both the bears and the minibearby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - General Discussion
According to the "current conditions" page, the Four Mile Trail (from the valley to Glacier Point) is currently closed from Union Point. It may open again but as BasilBob noted, it's likely to be closed around January 1. (Theoretically you could cross-country ski or snowshoe out to Glacier Point, but it's over 11 miles in each direction, so you'd have to pay a photographer at leastby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If you're willing to wait a bit after New Years, when the park empties out a bit, you could try the parking lot at the end of Wawona tunnel - if you go late in the day off season it probably won't be crowded. Advantage is photographer can park and set up right there. Similar thing for the "valley view" pullout on northside drive.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteThe Other Tom I guess they do this every year, but if I self-register, how am I going to use the permit if I can't park on a side road or parking lot? 1. Someone can drop you off. 2. You can leave your car on Tioga Road and pay the fine and risk the vehicle either (a) getting towed (no idea where it might get towed to, and I assume that you'd have to pay for the towing and pay a fee to thby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I like it. Changing topics slightly (but only slightly), I saw a photo someone posted (elsewhere) of mushrooms and berries the person had picked somewhere in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I have not checked the regs on this, but it seems to me that if that stuff was in a Wilderness Area, then doing so was illegal. And regardless, doing so would violate the idea of LNT (as in,by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Vindication of Balzaccom for not posting the location of petroglyphs in YNP in this or any other forum. Should I Hike to Hyperion?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - General Discussion
[email protected] On the NPS page says that yes it is flowing. And on reddit people said that is a reliable source. Yes i got the notice with my permit. But north dome is included in snow creek? I dont know exaclty what are the limits. On the permit it says that no camping near yosemite point https://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,64898,64898 And courtesy JR in Georgia RIP:by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
1. Is there water flowing in Yosemite Creek now? In Snow Creek now? Will there be when you arrive? 2. See the notice here dated May 31, 2017 about the no-camping zone near Snow Creek.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
[email protected] Thank you, I am planning to do it on the 2nd week of august. any suggestions for other zones to explore to make it like a 3-4 day backpacking trip? Look at the map, and keep in mind that you're going late in the summer in what was a relatively dry year, so you can probably count on water in the lakes but probably not in the streams/creeks, except for the Merced andby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
You didn't say when you plan to leave. And again, this route has been discussed in this forum many times before, the information is there if you look around. You can do it in one night if you're a good hiker, 3 is plenty, 4 will let you explore other areas. As you have to camp off the trail, you should be able to see stars no matter where you are, unless you're in a heavily forested area.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
This has all been covered in this forum before, you just need to look for it. Biggest issue for this itinerary will likely be water between your trailhead and Tenaya Lake - if yosemite creek is dry by the time you go, you're going to have to carry two days of water up from the valley. This is also covered in Schaffer's classic book on hikes in Yosemite. And there are mapping tools (e.g. caltby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
"“They’re actually clear cutting the forest – mature and old forests – in Yosemite Valley.” Didn't Yosemite Valley flood every year - thus precluding forest growth - until sometime in the 1890's, when rocks forming natural damn in the Merced River were blasted away, thus enabling forest growth? Or do I have my history/forestry wrong?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I've been to places mentioned on the internet yet had them to myself, usually through a combination of the other factors you mentioned: time of year, time of day, distance from the trailhead, elevation gain, distance required off-trail... I miss the JKW/Basilbop/Chickon TRs per se, as I won't get to do 1/100th of the hiking they do so for me the photos were vicarious enjoyment, but I also getby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Agree with all of that advice. Works for day hikes too. I've even done day hikes where I ended up less than half a mile from the road - in some cases with the road fully visible - yet with no one near me because I'd hiked up a ways. I'd add that there's what I call the "inverse internet" method, which is a combination of things you mentioned: look at a map, find something that seemsby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
TM campground is closed this summer. Why would the store be open?by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
YARTS bus, maybe? https://yarts.com/routes/mammoth-lakes-hwy-120e-395/by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Sure, no problem to get a hotel room in the valley in the summer if you start planning in May. Especially THIS summer, when so many campgrounds are closed for (long-overdue) maintenance projects. /end sarc/ Does anyone know if the rates that Aramark can charge at Tuolumne HSC Lodge or White Wolf are capped by NPS? I don't know all the background here, but I would think that if no caps areby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotewebenji I'm with buster on that one, but think it is more than a "loophole". Regardless of what you think about the permit system, what the OP is trying to do is illegal. Based on the permit s/he got, s/he MUST 1st-night camp after the fork towards Mono Meadow/Illilouette Creek (see https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/wildernesstrailheads.pdf). Afterwards, it's not "by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I don't get what you're upset about. The rules are for trailheads for the first night. After that, you do what you want. If someone is willing to hike extra and backtrack on the second day because he couldn't get the permit he wanted for the first night, what's the issue? The Mist Trail and JMT to Nevada Falls are crowded; and anyone going to Half Dome via a trail (as opposed to climbing via tby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Look here for where you can begin dispersed camping. Not much snow this year, you may need to go all the way down to Illilouette creek to get water. Seeing as how you have 3 more nights, why not consider doing night 2 as you planned, but then on day 3 heading over CR (from the south, via the switchbacks near the Quarter Domes) to the vicinity of the sunrise lakes, then on day 4 from there to Mby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Here's to more snow...by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There was super heavy snowfall in 2016-2017 that destroyed some accommodations outside the park on the east side; perhaps that lead to a decision not to open the HSCs that summer? I don't remember (and I'm sure the info is on this site if we dig back into posts from 2017). But saying they're just going to give you a refund is not an encouraging sign. I was willing to cut Aramark some slack iniby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
1. Were the HSCs closed in 2019 too? 2. What pandemic? It's 2022, not 2020. I guess for Aramark, any excuse not to do something will do. I have friends staying in the Ahwahnee next month, am curious for their report of their stay.by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update for March 8, 2022by Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/update-for-march-1-2022.htmby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/update-for-february-22-2022.htmby Not quite The Geezer, but getting there - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion