Yosemite Guide Yosemite Guide September 30, 2020 - December 1, 2020 @Yosemitenps
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Yosemite Guide Yosemite Guide September 30, 2020 - December 1, 2020 @YosemiteNPS UPDATE Due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19, visitor services and access may be affected. Check local resources and area signage in light of changing public health requirements related to COVID-19. For details, visit www. nps.gov/yose. We encourage you to follow CDC guidance to reduce the spread of COVID-19. • Practice social distancing by maintaining 6 feet of distance between you and others. • Wear a face covering when social distancing cannot be maintained. • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. • Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze. • Most importantly, stay home if you feel sick. • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Celebrate, enjoy, and learn more about Yosemite’s undeveloped and natural wilderness areas on page 10. Photo by Ryan Alonzo Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide September 30, 2020 - December 1, 2020 Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide September 30, 2020 - December 1, 2020 Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System Year-round Route: Yosemite Valley Valley Shuttle Valley Visitor Center Upper Map Campground Yosemite Fall Yosemite Parking Hetch Village Hetchy Lower Picnic Area Yosemite Tuolumne The Ansel Fall Adams l Medical Church Bowl Restroom Meadows i Gallery ra Clinic Picnic Area l T al F Walk-In e t i Campground m Yosemite e The Ahwahnee os Mirror Valley r Y Area in inset: Uppe Lake Yosemite Valley seasonal Map Yosemite North Camp 4 Half Dome Valley Housekeeping Pines Lower 8836 ft Chapel Camp Yosemite Falls Parking Lodge Pines 2693 m Yosemite Wawona Conservation Heritage Swinging Center (YCHC) Campground Bridge Reservations Yosemite Village Parking Curry Upper Sentinel Village Pines Beach il Trailhead a Curry Village Parking r r 0 1 km 1 mile T te Parking N e n il i w M in r u d o e Happy Isles Art El Capitan F s lo c and Nature Center Picnic Area Glacier Point closed in winter 72I4 ft Vernal 2I99 m Fall l Mist Trai Cathedral ail Tr op h Beach Lo or M ey ses erce all only d R V iver Nevada Fall To & Bridalveil Fall d oa The Yosemite Valley Shuttle System will not R B a r on id aw a W lv be operating during the 2020 season. e i l C r e e Winter Weather Drivingk and Chain Control Information: To Illilouette Fall Winter road conditions through Yosemite can R1 - All vehicles without mud and R2 - Chains/cables must be R3 - ALL vehicles are required to vary widely and may require tire chains. Chain snow tires are required to install installed on ALL vehicles except install chains/cables, regardless requirements are strictly enforced. For chains/cables. Vehicles with mud 4-wheel/all-wheel drive vehicles of having mud and snow tires or updated 24-hour road and weather conditions and snow tires do not, but must with mud and snow tires. Four- 4-wheel/all-wheel drive capability, for Yosemite National Park, please call 209/372- still carry chains. See chain control wheel drive vehicles must have NO EXCEPTIONS. 0200. Signs will indicate when chains are regulations on www.nps.gov/yose 4-wheel drive engaged. required. Here is a summary of chain control for vehicles towing trailers. *“M+S” will be on the side of your signs on Yosemite roads: tires if they are mud and snow tires. i Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide September 30, 2020 - December 1, 2020 Park Updates Keep this Guide with you to get the most out of your trip Enjoy American Indian Heritage Month November is National American Indian Heritage Month and The National Park Service celebrates and pays tribute to the rich SAFETY ALERT ancestry and traditions of Native Americans. For your safety and the safety of other visitors America is a vast land of many cultures and employees, we encourage you to follow dating back thousands of years. Today, parks CDC guidance to reduce the spread of preserve and share the stories and heritage of COVID-19. indigenous peoples. Find your park and learn about the history, heritage, and traditions Practice social distancing. Maintain of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and a distance of at least 6 feet between Native Hawaiian peoples. you and others. THINGS TO DO IN YOSEMITE VALLEY Wash hands using soap and water Custom Yosemite Experiences or use hand sanitizer frequently. Join a Yosemite Conservancy naturalist guide for a Custom Adventure designed to fit your interests and schedule. Options include day Wear a facecovering when social hikes, birding walks, stargazing programs, distancing cannot be maintained. The Yosemite Falls and Merced River flow in the fall. Image by Ryan Alonzo backpacking trips, and more. For more information, contact adventures@yosemite. Cover your mouth and nose when How Will COVID-19 Effect My Visit? org, or visit yosemite.org/custom-adventures. you cough or sneeze. Following guidance from federal, state, and local public health authorities and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we are increasing access and services in a phased approach at Yosemite The Ansel Adams Gallery Additionally, avoid touching your eyes, nose, National Park. Visit the park website, www.nps.gov/yose, for updates and safety information. Photography Excursions and mouth, and most importantly, stay home Sign up for 2-4 hour photography classes, if you feel sick. Currently open and Not open or available private guided tours, or camera walks led by Unavailable in 2020 available at this time resident staff photographers. Call ahead for reservations 209/372-4413 or visit anseladams. Visitor contact stations are Visitor Centers are closed All shuttles and tours are com/photography-education. located in Yosemite Valley, until further notice. canceled for the year. Park App Mariposa Grove, Big Oak Flat, and Tuolumne Meadows. THINGS TO DO IN THE WAWONA AREA Download the Yosemite app Most roads and trails are Some campgrounds are Yosemite Theater and Yosemite Pioneer Yosemite History Center for an interactive map, hiking open. Some trails may be currently closed. Museum will be closed for Go back to a time of horse-drawn wagons, a trails, and park updates. See closed or re-routed. the year. covered bridge, and log cabins. A visit to the page 11 for more information. Select campgrounds are Most programs are canceled Campground offices are Pioneer Yosemite History Center explores open. Camping is by until further notice closed. There is no walk-up Yosemite’s history and interpretive signs explain reservation only. service. how Yosemite was the inspiration for national Select dining and shopping Tuolumne Meadows Lodge parks in America and around the world. WELCOME establishments are open and and services Ask A Ranger encourage social distancing. Mariposa Grove Drop by a visitor contact station to ask your Located near Yosemite’s South Entrance, Yosemite-related questions and to get park the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequioas is the information and updates. They are located in What Does 6-ft Look Like? park’s largest stand of giant sequoias, with Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Grove Welcome The wing span of a bald eagle is about 500 trees in the grove. Shuttles will Center, Big Oak Flat, and Tuolumne Meadows. roughly 6 feet long. While social not operate during the 2020 season, expect a Look for signs to direct you to locations. distancing, imagine the length two-mile, one-way walk to reach the grove. of a soaring eagles’ wing span Self-guiding tours are available in the grove. between you and others. Entering a National Park Access for People with Disabilities Upcoming Park Projects Yosemite is a place where wilderness For a complete list of accessible services, exhibits, Bridalveil Fall Rehabilitation Project prevails. Prepare yourself for a wild and recreational opportunities, pick up a Yosemite Why: To improve parking, roads, trails, experience. The National Park Service is Accessibility Guide at any park entrance station and facilities situated near Bridalveil Fall. Inside: bound by its mission to protect Yosemite's natural or visitor center, or view online at www.nps.gov/ When: Lasting through 2020 and 2021 and cultural resources for the benefit and enjoyment yose/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm, or call a park Visitor Impact: Comfort station and parking lot of future generations. Please, be attentive to the Accessibility Coordinator at (209) 379-1035. may not be available due to construction. regulations in place to protect park resources (page Sign Language interpreting is available Tioga Road Rehabilitation Plan, Tenaya Lake 9) and those designed for your safety (page 8). 01 Park Updates upon request. Contact Deaf Services at Plan, and Tuolumne River Plan (209) 379-5250 (v/txt). Two weeks Why: To make safety improvements and improve Fire – Police – Medical 05 Services advance notice is requested. visitor experience, while preserving natural and Emergency: cultural resources along the road. Dial 911 or (209) 372-4637 Assistive Listening Devices available When: late 2020 through 2022 seasons 06 Hiking Medical Clinic (in Yosemite Valley) upon advance request at any visitor Visitor Impact: 30-minute traffic delays along Open Monday through Friday, 9am to 7pm, center. Tioga Road due to construction. 07 Permit Information closed weekends and federal holidays Audio tours available at Yosemite Valley Glacier Point Rehabilitation Plan Visitor Center. Contact an Accessibility 08 Protecting Yourself Why: To repair aging and deteriorated pavement, Road, Weather, and Park Coordinator for more information. Information: (209) 372-0200 pullouts, and parking areas along Glacier Point Road. 10 Feature Story Yosemite Village Garage - 24 hour When: lasting through 2021 and 2022 seasons AAA towing services for emegency only, NO gas, Accessible parking spaces available west Visitor Impact: Full road closure from spring Back Valley Map (209) 372-1060 of Yosemite Valley Visitor Center.