Re: WiFi at Curry

When we were camping at Upper Pines last fall, we were told they were going to install WiFi at Curry. Has that happened? That'll save us the trip to the Yosemite lodge cafeteria.

There is WiFi in the Common Room just opposite the cafeteria. No charge for it.

Now that I am at Curry I can answer my own question. It is free but the number of logins is limited. We've waited up to an hour to get on. I ran the DSL Report speed test and got 156 down and 326 up. I tried another time and the page wouldn't even load. The Lodge used to charge $7.95 for 7 days. Now they are asking $5.95 a day.

For the purists, I don't spend all of time up here on line. Wednesday I hiked Half Dome on a cold windy day, up/down the JMT in 8:18. Yesterday up the 4-mile trail to Glacier Point, Sentinel Dome, Taft Point and back down in 7:25 (18.6 miles from shuttle stop 7 and back). Went by the radio building and located the Sentinel Dome webcam (under the eave on the north side of the building for those who are interested). They use a microwave link to the west to connect to the outside. I did that kind of stuff in the Army Signal Corp in Nam 40 years ago.

I had no signal at all in the Curry lounge, wonder if they turned it off. Hmmm, wish I had seen this thread before going, because I would have asked at the desk.

We were back camping at Upper Pines in front of Thanksgiving and the Curry WiFi was still up then. You should ask at the Curry registration desk for help.