Campground near Half Dome
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Hey guys! My cousins and I won the lottery for hiking Half Dome, we had some issue with getting the regular campground, so we are looking for places to camp as close as possible. It's our first time to Yosemite, our current plan is to first check the tioga pass campground, which is apparently first come first served and if there are no spots there, we would head for Reversed Creek. |
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You can camp at Camp 4 - it's first come first served, and fills up quickly during the peak season (May to October). The general strategy is to get there in the very early AM and sleep in front of the registration kiosk until the ranger arrives (at 7 am, I think). |
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Hey Edward, |
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Get a backcountry permit and just stay in the backpackers camp for a night if you can't get into Camp 4. |
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Thanks for the advice guys, we will definitely look at Camp 4 and maybe the backcountry |
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One more thing! DO THE MIST TRAIL! it's a variant off the Muir Trail on the way to the dome. It's gorgeous |
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Highlander wrote:Get a backcountry permit and just stay in the backpackers camp for a night if you can't get into Camp 4.+1 on that. The backpackers camp is pretty nice. No generators or cars wizzing by your tent at night. That camp is designated for backpackers staging for their overnight trips... |
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You don't really need wrists, or hands to climb snake dike. The first pitch is slab, and once you get on the dike, the hands just make you feel more secure buts its more of a steep hike (5.4-5.2) |
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Reversed Creek? No where even close to HD! |
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The backpackers camp can be kinda hard to find, so make sure you find out exactly where it is before you arrive (ask someone to post a map and write down how to get there). I think you also need to have a permit that shows that you are going to be going into the back country (someone correct me if I am wrong). As people said, camp four fills up quick, but if you get there really early, 6 or so, and just wait in like with a blanket or something, you will get a couple of spots. |
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I don't think the backpacker's camp is too hard to find. From the backpacker's parking lot or the lot at Curry, head to the road that leads to the Pines campgrounds, a couple hundred yards from either direction. Take that road over the bridge and hang a left into North Pines campground. Follow the road that parallels the Merced River, when it bends to the right at the end, go another 50 yards and you'll see signs where backpackers unload their cars. Take the footbridge over Tenaya Creek and you're there. |