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Shuttles run daily every 20 to 30 minutes, depending on time of day. d US DepartmentInterior of the oa R B a r In the event of snow and ice, busses may suspend service to shuttle stops #15 - #19. n id wo a a lv W e i l C Stop # Location r e e k 1 Visitor Parking 8 Yosemite Lodge 16 Happy Isles To Paid Fee and Postage 2 10 Yosemite Village 11 Sentinel Bridge 17 MirrorIllilouette Lake Trailhead Fall Third Class Mail Class Third 3 The Ahwahnee 12 LeConte / Housekeeping Camp 18 Stable 4 Degnan’s Deli 13a 21 Recreation Rentals 19 Pines Campgrounds 5 9 Valley Visitor Center 13b Curry Village 6 Lower Yosemite Fall 14 20 Curry Village Parking G 83 7 Camp 4 15 Upper Pines Campground i Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide February 10, 2016 - February 29, 2016 CENTENNIAL HIGHLIGHTS Yosemite National Park elebrating 100 Years of Service Every Kid In A Park CThe National Park Service turns Fourth graders, grab your family and go 100-years-old on August 25, 2016! The enjoy your national parks for FREE! The Centennial will kick off a second century Every Kid In A Park initiative was launched of stewardship of America’s national to help the next generation of park visitors parks and engaging communities through and supporters create positive attitudes recreation, conservation, and historic towards public lands and to give every preservation programs. Join the celebration child the chance to explore America’s great to explore, learn, discover, be inspired, or outdoors and unique history. Visit www. simply have fun in over 400 national parks. everykidinapark.gov for more information. Celebrate the National Park Service Centennial at Yosemite! Yosemite National Park is gearing up for a NPS Centennial celebration that Yosemite Park Ranger Adrienne Freeman, Yosemite Superintendent Don Neubacher, NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis. Yosemite National Park would you’re invited to. Visit www.nps.gov/yose/ like to thank the Yosemite Conservancy for their generous support in Yosemite’s Rose Parade participation. NPS Photo anniversary or www.FindYourPark.com FREE Interagency 4th Grade Pass to find more information about events A free, annual pass for 4th grade students happening in Yosemite throughout the year. and their families, to have free access to any federal land or water, during the NPS Centennial at Yosemite Calendar school year from September 1 to August 30. April 16-24, 2016 Families must present a paper voucher at National Park Week any park entrance to obtain the pass.Visit Free admission to all National Parks. www.everykidinapark.gov for details. National Park Week is America’s largest Visit the Ice Rink at Curry Village celebration of national heritage. It’s about Visit Curry Village for a one-of-a-kind making great connections, exploring ice skating experience with a spectacular amazing places, discovering open spaces, view of Half Dome. See page 6 for daily, enjoying affordable vacations and enhancing weekend and holiday hours. America’s best idea—the national parks! Enjoy Winter Fun at Badger Pass April 23, 2016 Rose Parade Equestrian Unit Marshal (and Yosemite Mounted Patrol Program Manager) Justin Fey (second from left) practices with the NPS Color Badger Pass Ski Area is a perfect place Yosemite Earth Day and Junior Ranger Guard members (left to right) Heidi Edgecomb, James Cox, and Tyler Bernacchi at the LA Equestrian Center. NPS Photo for visitors to play in the snow, take a Day celebration guided snowshoe hike or embark on a Enjoy games, interactive activities, volunteer The centennial will kick off a second century of stewardship of America’s national parks and engaging communities through recreation, cross-country skiing adventure. Badger opportunities and demonstrations that conservation, and historic preservation programs. Pass is open daily, weather and conditions allow you to experience how the park permitting. See page 6 for service hours and its partners practice sustainability in 2016 Rose Parade inspired by the National Park Service’s and free shuttle schedule. Yosemite. The National Park Service launched into natural, cultural, and historic sites, when Reserve Ostrander Ski Hut For an May 29, 2016 its Centennial year by participating in the creating their floats. Epic Winter Adventure! 90th Anniversary of the Yosemite Museum 127th Tournament of Roses Parade in Ostrander Ski Hut, managed by Yosemite Pasadena, Calif., on January 1, 2016. June 4, 2016 Conservancy, is accepting reservations for National Trails Day Several dozen National Park Service the 2015-2016 season. The hut operates Join in on the country’s largest celebration uniformed employees, including NPS from early December through March Director Jonathan Jarvis, Yosemite of trails. More details to come. The National Park Service and the and is located 10 miles from the Badger Superintendent Don Neubacher, Park Pass Ski Area. Trips to Ostrander require August 25, 2016 National Park Foundation invite you to Rangers, U.S. Park Police officers, packers, advanced snowshoe or cross country skiing NPS 100th Anniversary Find Your Park and discover the national Buffalo Soldiers, junior rangers, volunteers, experience. Reservations can be booked Celebrate with us. More details to come. parks and programs in your own backyard. and partners, all walked the 5-mile parade Visit www.FindYourPark.com to find more by calling 209-379-5161. Information, August 25-28, 2016 route, waving at the cheering crowd. information about NPS Centennial events equipment lists and more can be found at NPS Birthday Weekend In honor of the National Park Service’s happening in a national park near you, www.yosemiteconservancy.org/ostrander. Free admission to all National Parks in Centennial, the 127th Rose Parade theme throughout the year, and also to share your Take a Photography Class honor of the NPS Centennial. was “Find Your Adventure,” and all pictures and stories once you’ve found Learn how to best capture the landscape of September 21-25, 2016 participants were encouraged to be your park. Yosemite by joining a photography expert Yosemite Facelift from The Ansel Adams Gallery. Several Join the National Park Service and classes are offered each week. Some require the Yosemite Climbing Association for fees. Learn more and sign up at the Ansel this official National Public Lands Day Adams Gallery in Yosemite Village. Shuttle event, volunteering to pick up litter and stops #5 and #9. (See pages 4 and 5) performing special projects to help clean Lose Something in Yosemite? up Yosemite. File a lost report by email at yose_ September 24, 2016 [email protected]. To inquire about National Public Lands Day items lost or found at one of Yosemite’s Free admission to all National Parks. restaurants, hotels, shuttle buses or tour November 11, 2016 services, call 209/372-4357. For items lost or found in other areas of the park, email Veterans Day Yosemite Corral Manager Shane Fairbanks lines up his pack string for Wawona Stage Driver Burrel “Buckshot” Maier enjoys a parade-day laugh Free admission to all National Parks. parade practice at the LA Equestrian Center. NPS Photo on the brand new Yosemite Stagecoach, which was purchased with a [email protected]. generous grant from the Yosemite Conservancy. NPS Photo Where to Go and What to Do in Yosemite National Park 1 Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Discover YosemiteStanislaus National Forest Let your curiosity guide you to new places Entrance Fees Non-commercial car, pickup truck, RV, or van with 15 or fewer passenger seats - Valid for 7 days To 395 (No per-person fee) Lake & Eleanor Lee $30/vehicle April through October Hetch Hetchy Vining O’Shaughnessy $25/vehicle November through March Dam 120 6 er Motorcycle Valid for 7 days Hetch Riv d ne Tioga a m Ro Hetchy olu y Tu h Backpackers' Pass $20/motorcycle c t e Campground Entrance Hetch H (Wilderness Individual Valid for 7 days Hetchy Hetch Permit Required) Entrance 5 Tuolumne $15, (In a bus, on foot, bicycle, or horse) Meadows Yosemite Pass E White v e r g r Wolf Tuolumne Meadows $60, Valid for one year in Yosemite.