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19 Jan 20, 10:41 AM |
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Anyone camped in Yosemite ?
So in very early planning days
Trying to manage a budget Even the fixed tents at Curry Village are $200 a night ! ( August) Has anyone successfully booked a tent using here at 7am Pacific time on the relevant 15th of the month ? $26 a night and buying a tent over there seems more feasible nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/camping.htm Or managed to get a ' camping without a reservation ' spot like here , on the day ? nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/nrcamping.htm
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19 Jan 20, 06:06 PM |
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All I can think is...
BEARS! We found Yosemite accommodation pricey but I couldn’t have considered a tent, there. Hope others come and tell me how wrong I am though
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19 Jan 20, 07:07 PM |
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Generally all the bears are tagged so they know where they are. All food must be kept in the heavy metal bins provided to keep bears away from tents and cars , if left in cars the bears can rip doors open. I would have stayed in the tents but wife would not so we stayed in a fantastic bb the blue butterfly
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19 Jan 20, 07:12 PM |
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Join Date: Jan 09
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My sister camped in Yosemite for the solar eclipse
They took a tent with them for the two of them - obviaouly a small one! Edited at 07:14 PM. |
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19 Jan 20, 07:15 PM |
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On bears - having questioned her further - yes there is a threat of bears
Advice is - You can’t keep food or anything in your tent. You also need to wear clean clothes to sleep in that you haven’t been eg cooking in. If there is a known bear around they close some of the tent site areas. |
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22 Jan 20, 02:58 PM |
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Make sure it's a site with bear lockers, we were there in September and the guy at housekeeping reception said the bears were stealing cannisters as they'd worked out how to break them open.
We stayed at housekeeping In September for £120ish a night and it wasn't glamping in the slightest, we'd camp if we ever went again, although the nights and mornings were cold so even our good branded 2-3 season sleeping bags struggled, fleeces etc were on. It's worth thinking about the nights your staying Vs the luggage space impact or cost of buying equipment when you get there. They also tend to use small tents over there and we didn't see many with full waterproof sheets, just fly screens and a topper Edit:reckon you'd need hard ground pegs too Edited at 03:01 PM. |
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22 Jan 20, 03:03 PM |
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I remember looking at this as an option and pretty much in August you've got next to no chance of on the day, best to book in advance or have a backup you can cancel
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26 Jan 20, 06:29 PM |
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Thanks so much for this Fiona. My alternative to camping was Curry camp at $200 a night , which I thought was the most basic / cheapest thing available
Looking at housekeeping camp , that works out at $122 a night , much more manageable and as you say avoids all the paraphernalia You can seemingly hire blankets , pillows etc but will see what else we plan on the trip to see if it's worth buying something over there
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26 Jan 20, 08:06 PM |
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I’ve just looked back on my posts and found our trip to Housekeeping Camp 5 years ago... we paid $370 for 3 nights.
The 'tents' (3 walls, a 4th canvas wall/door and a canvas roof) have a bunk bed and a double bed, with an outside, covered private living space with picnic table, fire pit and bear safe. Unlike the Americans who could obviously bring supplies from home (think fridges, stoves, bbqs etc) we had nothing but some of my favourite meals of the trip were cooked on our fire pit, steak, pulled pork etc. There was a bear in camp very early one morning, fishing in the river. He’d gone before we were up though the rangers were still there. It was a fabulous experience, the highlight of our trip, I’d really recommend it! |
28 Jan 20, 09:00 PM |
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Cheers Balel
When did you go ? Was it warm ? Just slightly concerned about the previous post and it being really cold . We don’t camp in the Uk but hoping it would be a positive fun experience not a chilly disaster . Is a fire pit similar to a barbecue ?
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