Re: Glacier Point bus trailhead drop-off

Has anyone had experience with the Glacier Point Tour Bus dropping backpackers off at trailheads along the Glacier Point Road?

I'm considering a backpack trip from Mono Meadow trailhead through LYV to Happy Isles, and would like to take the Glacier Point bus from the valley back to the Mono Meadow trailhead, but this site:
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/bus.htm
says "this bus does not make stops at other trailheads." I was hoping that maybe if you were there and asked the driver (kindly), that the driver would probably stop.

I rode the Tuolumne Meadows Shuttle Bus in 2005, and the driver was happy to stop for me at Murphy Creek, and elsewhere for others.

Worst case would be that the bus wouldn't stop for us (me & my daughter), and I'd hike or hitchhike back to the car.

Unlike the Tuolumne shuttle this bus isn't run by NPS. So the best way to find out if they'll let you out at a trailhead would be to call 209 372-4386 and ask.

Right-o, thanks!

I picked up that bus from the Yosemite Lodge and they dropped us off at Mono Meadows. This was about 10 years ago.

FYI the person I just spoke to at the activities (booking) office said that official policy is no stopping, but that most all drivers are cool and could make a stop if they wanted to. The phone call was being recorded and he was hesitant to speculate, and mentioned that a driver wouldn't promise to stop like this if his boss was standing there. Sounds like it should work out, and that's my plan for now!

Officially, the drivers aren't supposed to make any stops because this is not a bus for hikers. But most of them are nice and probably would. It wouldn't take much time, but you'd still be paying the same fare as if GP were your final destination.

A few green backs and I bet he will stop