Camping Near Tioga Pass Outside Yosemite
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Re: Camping Near Tioga Pass Outside Yosemite
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
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Re: Camping Near Tioga Pass Outside Yosemite
On a Monday or Tuesday it might be way less crowded.grampy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:57 pmWell, THAT’s not good news - I was planning a night there early next week myself. Now I may reconsider.MichaelRPetrick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:14 pm Yeah it is filthy with people... Way too crowded for my taste near to a weekend start point. Mid-week, a little more tolerable, but still not my cup of tea.
Also another thing to bear in mind is that a lot of permits appear to be going unused this year. Folks have commented on seeing way less people than usual in the backcountry since SIPs. Seems like that would translate to the BP campground in TM as well.
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Re: Camping Near Tioga Pass Outside Yosemite
Yosemite staff made it quite clear that social distancing in BP CG is a challenge and to bear that in mind. So perhaps absolute #s are down, but relative space is at more premium due to COVID-19. And they are unfortunately not permitting people to overflow into areas across rest of the campground.
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Re: Camping Near Tioga Pass Outside Yosemite
Thanks Mav, for the link.
Perhaps I’ll try one of the less(er)-used Inyo NF c.g.s outside the park.
>> Has anyone stayed at Sawmill walk-in campground (near Saddlebag)? Seems like a 1/4-mile walk in from the road would make it not so popular ... but I could be dead-wrong.
Do I need to get there (or at any of these “first-come first-served” spots) around 2:00 (or before) to get a spot, or would it be fairly easy on a Tuesday ?
Perhaps I’ll try one of the less(er)-used Inyo NF c.g.s outside the park.
>> Has anyone stayed at Sawmill walk-in campground (near Saddlebag)? Seems like a 1/4-mile walk in from the road would make it not so popular ... but I could be dead-wrong.
Do I need to get there (or at any of these “first-come first-served” spots) around 2:00 (or before) to get a spot, or would it be fairly easy on a Tuesday ?
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