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@YosemiteNPS Yosemite Guide Yosemite NPS Photo NPS Spire. Cathedral Higher of patrol climbing a of move final the makes Program Exchange Sherpa the from Ale Amrit Volunteer YOSEMITE TRAVEL TIPS INSIDE - SEE PAGE 1 PAGE SEE - INSIDE TIPS TRAVEL YOSEMITE Volume 42, Issue 7 Issue 42, Volume 2017 3, October – 2017 30, August Park National Yosemite America Your Experience Yosemite, CA 95389 Yosemite, 577 PO Box Service Park National US DepartmentInterior of the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System Year-round Route: Yosemite Valley Valley Shuttle Hetch Shuttle Map Hetchy Tuolumne Summer-only Route: Meadows El Capitan Shuttle Yosemite Campground Valley Area in inset: Parking Yosemite Valley Shuttle System Picnic Area Restroom Walk-In Wawona Campground Pardon our dust! Beginning September 18, 2017, shuttle service and traffic circulation will change due to road repairs, conditions permitting. Expect detours and delays. Please reference updated map given at entrance stations and visitor centers. 6 5 The Yosemite Valley Shuttle operates from 7am to 10pm and serves stops in numerical order. Shuttles run daily every 10 to 20 minutes, US DepartmentInterior of the depending on time of day. The El Capitan Shuttle runs from 9am to 7pm, every 30 minutes. See schedules posted at shuttle stops. Stop # Location Illilouette Fall 1 Yosemite Village Parking 11 Sentinel Bridge 17 Mirror Lake Trailhead 2 10 Yosemite Village 12 Yosemite Conservation Heritage 18 North Pines Campground Postage and Fee Paid Fee and Postage 3 The Majestic Yosemite Hotel Center / Housekeeping Camp 19 Pines Campgrounds Third Class Mail Class Third 4 Degnan’s Deli 13 Half Dome Village E3 El Capitan Picnic Area 5 9 E1 Valley Visitor Center 14 20 Half Dome Village Parking E4 El Capitan Crossover 6 Lower Yosemite Fall 15 Upper Pines Campground / E5 Cathedral Beach Picnic Area 7 E2 Camp 4 / Yosemite Falls Parking Trailhead Parking E6 Four Mile Trailhead 8 Yosemite Valley Lodge 16 G 83 Happy Isles / Mist Trail i Yosemite Guide August 30, 2017 - October 3, 2017 Welcome to Yosemite Let your curiosity guide you to new places Entrance Fees Yosemite Travel Tips Non-commercial car, truck, RV, or van with 15 or fewer passenger We’re having a busy summer! If you haven’t already, you’re likely to experience congestion, especially in Yosemite Valley. Be prepared for seats Valid for 7 days two- to three-hour delays, especially in afternoons and on weekends. Plan accordingly and use restrooms when available. (No per-person fee) If you’re visiting Yosemite Valley for the day, look for parking in three major parking lots: Yosemite Falls Parking Lot, Yosemite Village Parking Vehicle Valid for 7 days Lot, and at Half Dome Village Parking (formerly Curry Village). Free shuttle service to destinations throughout Yosemite Valley is available $30/Vehicle from each of these parking lots. If you have lodging or campground reservations, please park at your lodge or campsite. Motorcycle Valid for 7 days Once you find a place to park, please leave your car parked. Using the free shuttles Valley Visitor Center $25/motorcycle Upper will help you avoid congestion and trouble finding another place to park. Parking Yosemite Individual Valid for 7 days fills to capacity throughout Yosemite by mid-morning. Don’t forget where you Fall Lower Yosemite W $15 (In a bus, on foot, bicycle, or horse) parked your car, as there are multiple parking areas throughout the Valley. Driving Yosemite Village Fall or parking on vegetation is prohibited. Medical Yosemite Pass $60 Clinic Valid for one year in Yosemite. Do not use or block the “Bus and Authorized Vehicles” lane while Yosemite The Majestic Valley Yosemite Hotel Lodge Interagency Annual Pass $80 driving in Yosemite Valley. The bus lane ensures emergency North Camp 4 Valid for one year at all federal vehicles can respond to incidents when traffic is backed up and Housekeeping Pines Chapel Camp Lower recreation sites. provides preference for mass transit. Yosemite Falls Parking Pines Yosemite Village Parking Interagency Senior Pass $80 Swinging Campground (Lifetime) For U.S. citizens or permanent Bridge Half Dome Reservations Village Upper residents 62 and over. Sentinel Pines Beach Half DomeYosemite Village Parking Village/ Interagency Annual Senior Pass $20 Yosemite Visitor Center El Capitan Falls (Annual) For U.S. citizens or permanent Stanislaus Picnic Area Yosemite Lodge The residents 62 and over. National Ahwahnee Forest To - El Portal & Mariposa To Yosemite Valley Map Interagency Access Pass (Free) To El Curry To - San Francisco Manteca 120Cathedral (Lifetime) For permanently disabled U.S. Beach Capitan Trail to Visitor Center Village Campground citizens or permanent residents. Valley Day View Parking Parking To Picnic Area Interagency Military Pass (Free) Bridalveil 140 Fall Bridalveil ad Restroom (Annual) For active duty U.S. military Ro Tunnel Fall a on View aw To Walk-In and dependents W To To Yosemite Valley Merced 41 Fresno Campground (Elevation 4,000 feet/1,220 meters) Interagency 4th Grade Pass (Free) To - Glacier Point 0 1 km 1 mile (Annual) For fourth graders and their Wawona N families. Must present paper voucher Fresno E3 Reservations E4 Campground Reservations 877/444-6777 To 395 Lake & www.recreation.gov Eleanor Lee Hetch Hetchy 6 Vining O’Shaughnessy Lodging Reservations Dam 120 888/413-8869 iver Hetch e R www.travelyosemite.com n Tioga d Hetchy um oa ol R Tu Pass y Backpackers' Group Sales Office: 888/339-3481 h c t Campground Entrance Hetch e H (Wilderness t h Hetchy He c Permit Required) Entrance Tuolumne Regional Info Meadows 5 Yosemite Area Regional E Transportation System (YARTS) v White e r g r www.yarts.com e Wolf e d n a R o o Big a R d ad a o g Highway 120 West Oak R io ga T Flat io Yosemite Chamber of Commerce T Yosemite Entrance Creek Tenaya 800/449-9120 or 209/962-0429 Porcupine Lake Flat 120 Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau To Manteca 800/446-1333 Hodgdon www.tcvb.com Meadow Tuolumne 4 Grove Tamarack Valley Highway 41 Flat Visitor Center Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau Crane B ig Yosemite Merced Flat r Oa F ive k l R 559/683-4636 Grove a t Valley d R ce Trailhead o 1 r a Me www.yosemitethisyear.com d Glacier Point Highway 132/49 Foresta 2 Tunnel Coulterville Visitor Center View El 209/878-3329 Portal To r Gla e cier Po Highway 140/49 Merced iv int Rd Me R Arch Rock Inyo California Welcome Center, Merced rced Entrance National 140 Bridalveil Forest 800/446-5353 or 209/724-8104 Yosemite Creek www.yosemite-gateway.org West W a w o Mariposa County Visitor Center n a R o 866/425-3366 or 209/966-7081 a d Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau Ranger Station 209/742-4567 Food Service & Lodging www.homeofyosemite.com Wawona 3 Wawona Campground Highway 120 East Campground Gas Station Lee Vining Chamber of Pioneer Yosemite Commerce and Mono Lake Sierra Mariposa Grove Road closed National History Mariposa Center Grove during renovation Sierra Visitor Center, 760/647-6629 Forest National 0 5 km 5 miles www.leevining.com Forest South Entrance 41 To Fresno 1 Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley, open all year, is world-famous for its impressive waterfalls, 1 cliffs, and unusual rock formations. You can get there via Highway 41/Wawona Road from Fresno, Highway 140/El Portal Road from Merced, Highway 120 west/Big Oak Flat Road from Manteca, and (during the summer) via the Highway 120 east/ Tioga Road from Lee Vining. Yosemite Valley is home to massive cliff faces like El Capitan and Half Dome, plunging waterfalls including the tallest in North America, and attractive meadows. While Yosemite Falls slows to a trickle by August, a moderate hike will bring you to impressive Vernal and Nevada Falls. Walk to Mirror Lake, where you will see reflections of Half Dome. Gaze up at El Capitan, a massive granite monolith that stands 3,593 feet from base to summit. Whether you explore the valley by foot, bike, car, raft, or tour, you will behold scenery that will leave you breathless and eager to see what’s around the next corner. Glacier Point Half Dome view from Glacier Point. Photo by Armand Williams Glacier Point, an overlook with a commanding view of Yosemite Valley, Half 2 Dome, and Yosemite’s high country, is located 30 miles (one-hour drive) from Yosemite Valley or Wawona. To get there from either of these places, take the Wawona Road (Highway 41), to Chinquapin, then turn onto Glacier Point Road. At Glacier Point, a short, paved, and wheelchair-accessible trail takes you to an exhilarating view, looking 3,214 feet down to Yosemite Valley. *There is a free shuttle service that runs from Yosemite Ski and Snowboard Area (YSSA) to Glacier Point (service ends Sep 5). The shuttle will be required when the Glacier Point parking lot is full; visitors with accessibility placards, valid wilderness permits for trailheads along Glacier Point Road, or camping at Bridalveil Creek Campground will be allowed to continue. The Glacier Point shuttle will begin running at 10am. The last shuttle from Glacier Point leaves at 5:30pm, and from YSSA at 4:30pm. There is no free shuttle for hikers from Glacier Point or YSSA to Yosemite Valley. Wawona and Mariposa Grove Giant Sequoias. Photo by Christine Loberg The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias is located 36 miles (1 ¼ hours) south of 3 Yosemite Valley via the Wawona Road (Highway 41), two miles from the park’s South Entrance. The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias is closed for restoration, see page 8 for details.