Yosemite Guide Yosemite Guide October 2, 2019 - December 3, 2019 @YosemiteNPS Smoke from the 2017 Empire Fire drifts around Half Dome. Read about how fire plays an important role in Yosemite on page 10 .NPS Photo Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide October 2, 2019 - December 3, 2019 Yosemite, CA 95389 Yosemite, 577 PO Box Service Park National US DepartmentInterior of the Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide October 2, 2019 - December 3, 2019 Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System Year-round Route: Valley Yosemite Valley Shuttle Valley Visitor Center Summer-only Route: Hetch Upper Shuttle System El Capitan Hetchy Yosemite Shuttle Fall Yosemite Tuolumne Village Campground Meadows Lower Yosemite Parking The Ansel Fall Adams l Medical Church Bowl Yosemite i Gallery ra Clinic Picnic Area Picnic Area l T Valley al Area in inset: F e E1 t 5 Restroom Yosemite Valley i 4 m 9 The Ahwahnee Shuttle System se Yo Mirror Upper 10 3 Walk-In 6 2 Lake Campground seasonal 11 1 Yosemite North Camp 4 8 Half Dome Valley Housekeeping Pines Wawona E2 Lower 8836 ft 7 Chapel Camp Yosemite Falls Parking Lodge Pines 2693 m Yosemite 18 19 Conservation 12 17 Heritage 20 14 Swinging Center (YCHC) Recreation Campground Bridge Rentals 13 15 Reservations Yosemite Village Parking Curry Service on Happy Isles Loop Upper (Stops 15 - 19) may be Sentinel Village Pines interrupted by heavy snowfall. 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See schedules posted at shuttle stops. e k Stop # Location Illilouette To Fall 1 Yosemite Village Parking 11 Sentinel Bridge 17 Mirror Lake Trailhead Postage and Fee Paid Fee and Postage 2 10 Yosemite Village 12 Yosemite Conservation Heritage 18 North Pines Campground Center / Housekeeping Camp Third Class Mail Class Third 3 The Ahwahnee 19 Pines Campgrounds 4 Des Kitchen 13 Curry Village E3 El Capitan Picnic Area 5 9 E1 Yosemite Valley Visitor Center 14 20 Curry 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 G 83 8 Yosemite Valley Lodge 16 Happy Isles / Mist Trail i Experience Your America Yosemite National Park Yosemite Guide October 2, 2019 - December 3, 2019 Seasonal Highlights Keep this Guide with you to get the most out of your trip to Yosemite National Park WELCOME Adventure Out with the Yosemite Ask A Ranger at the Visitor Center Mountaineering School (YMS) Visitor centers in Yosemite National Park Yosemite Mountaineering School provides are staffed with knowledgeable rangers outdoor adventures for people of all and volunteers, ready to help answer your experience levels. We are here to help you questions, provide directions, and hand out learn how to enjoy Yosemite safely and maps and brochures. Visitor centers are responsibly. Give us a call to join one of our located in Yosemite Valley, Big Oak Flat, group classes or schedule a custom outing and Wawona. See pages 4 and 7 for details. designed specifically for your group. We offer professional guides for hiking, backpacking Pop-up Information Centers and rock climbing. Reservations required. Call Look for pop-up blue booths throughout (209) 372-8344 or email [email protected] Yosemite, which are staffed with Yosemite Conservancy volunteers who are ready to FAMILY FUN answer your questions or give you directions. Try the MicroEye at Happy Isles Art If you're interested in volunteering with the and Nature Center Yosemite Conservancy in the park, visit Let curiosity be your guide at Happy Isles yosemiteconservancy.org/volunteer. Art and Nature Center! Zoom in on natural objects with the new MicroEye projecting 40 years of Deaf Services in Yosemite microscope during open hours (9am to 4pm, Hip Hip Hooray! On October 11-14, 2019, through October 26). The center also offers Yosemite will celebrate 40 years of Deaf art workshops, creative classes for kids, Services with an anniversary celebration natural history exhibits, and more. Located weekend in Yosemite Valley. a short walk from shuttle stop #16. Year-round services for visitors include the Explore Like A Junior Ranger! Access Pass, videophone and in person trip Become a Junior Ranger and learn how you planning, American Sign Language (ASL) can help protect your park. Just purchase interpretation, a public videophone, guided Cindy Bronson, the nation’s first Deaf Teacher Ranger assists deaf visitors in Yosemite Valley Visitor Center. Bronson helped a self-guided booklet, attend a guided the park prepare for the 40th anniversary of Yosemite Deaf Services, to be held October 11-14, 2019. Photo by Kara Stella programs for Deaf groups, and Assistive program, collect a bag of trash, then take Listening Devices on park programs for your oath and earn your badge. Guided hard of hearing visitors. Weekend activities Want the Guide on your Apple or Android device? programs are listed on pages 5 and 7. include walks and talks in ASL, ASL campfire, ASL Valley Floor Tour, volunteer Get the App! Ice Rink at Curry Village work project, Deaf art exhibit at The Ansel Search NPS-Yosemite in app stores or at nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit to download the Take the shuttle to Curry Village for a one- Adams Gallery, and more. For details and a offi cial park app for up-to-date listings of programs, services, an interactive map, and more! of-a-kind ice skating experience with a schedule of events, check out our website! spectacular view of Half Dome. The ice rink https://tinyurl.com/ds40th opens November 15, conditions permitting, and will be open daily from 3:30pm to 6pm ARTS & CULTURE and 7pm to 9:30pm. On weekends and Visit the Yosemite Museum holidays, the ice rink is open from 8:30am to Learn the history of Yosemite Indians by 11am, in addition to the daily hours. exploring a museum collection that includes iPhone/iPad Android remarkable woven baskets and traditional Curl Up in Front of a Fireplace dress. Tour the outdoor Indian Village or The Ansel Adams Gallery GUIDED OUTDOOR ADVENTURES The Ahwahnee has three grand fireplaces talk with an Indian cultural demonstrator. Photography Classes Adventure with Yosemite Conservancy that have always provided heat to offset Shuttle stops #5 and #9. Looking to enhance your Yosemite Are you looking for a memorable way to the year’s most frigid temperatures. Bring photography skills in the footsteps of Ansel deepen your connection with the park? Go a book and a warm drink and find a cozy Arts in the Park Adams? Join a photography expert from The on an expert-led adventure with Yosemite niche in front of the fire, the perfect place Add some art and theater to your Yosemite Ansel Adams Gallery in a dynamic hands-on Conservancy! Join a scheduled Outdoor to warm your hands and toes. itinerary! Join Yosemite Conservancy at class, or basic camera walk while soaking Adventure, such as a day hike or backpacking Happy Isles Art and Nature Center (shuttle up the surrounding beauty of Yosemite trip, or create a Custom Adventure tailored GETTING AROUND stop #16) for an outdoor workshop with Valley. For details, visit http://anseladams. to your interests and schedule. For details, Take the Free Shuttle a professional artist or for children’s art com or sign up at the Ansel Adams Gallery visit yosemiteconservancy.org/adventures, Park your car and let the free shuttle take you activities, or at the Yosemite Theater for an in Yosemite Village. Shuttle stops #5 and or call (209) 379-2317 ext. 10. See page 6 for to the most scenic points in the valley. You evening performance or film. See page 6 for #9. See pages 5 and 6 for more information. upcoming adventures. will help cut down on traffic congestion, and upcoming workshops and shows. will be able to capture the best pictures. See schedules posted at shuttle stops. 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 rehabilitate visitor facilities at the experience. The National Park Service is Accessibility Guide at any park entrance station base of Bridalveil Fall and surrounding area. Inside: bound by its mission to protect Yosemite's natural or visitor center, or view online at www.nps.gov/ When: 2019 - 2020 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 15) and those designed for your safety (page 14).