Re: the name White Wolf

If I'm going to try and get a couple of tent spots at White Wolf, where do I need to go to check availability? Is there an office at each campground? Do I need to go to Tuolumne Meadows office? If I arrive on Sunday, Aug. 12th, what are the odds of me even getting a spot? Can I cook on a camping stove there?

jayboz wrote:

> If I'm going to try and get a couple of tent spots at White
> Wolf, where do I need to go to check availability?

You drive around the campground and find a site that isn't taken.

> Is there an office at each campground? Do I need to go to Tuolumne Meadows
> office?

No and no.

> If I arrive on Sunday, Aug. 12th, what are the odds of
> me even getting a spot?

The odds should be very good and if White Wolf is full, just go to Yosemite Creek.

> Can I cook on a camping stove there?

Yep.

Just curious.
Of all my times to Yosemite, I have never heard why it is called White Wolf. I am going to TM next week, and I know that my boys will ask that question if they see the sign.

snorkus wrote:

> Just curious.
> Of all my times to Yosemite, I have never heard why it is
> called White Wolf. I am going to TM next week, and I know that
> my boys will ask that question if they see the sign.

I seem to recall that it was named after a local native chief. Our bus driver said something to that effect. It's not as if anyone knew if there were ever any wolves in the area in the first place.