Name: Yosemite campsite virtual reservation party for March 15-April 14, 2025
Start: 2024-11-15T06:45:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-15T07:15:00-08:00

On Friday November 15, 2024 at 7am PDT, the NPS will release Yosemite Valley campsites for March 15-April 14, 2025. This will probably include Upper Pines only as Lower Pines and North Pines usually open in late April.

Valley climbing weather can be good in late March and early April or it can be wet. On cold days you can still climb down canyon if it's not raining.

Please don't book any Wawona sites, midweek reservations, or Hodgdon Meadow, unless you want to use them yourself.

We're targeting the following weekends:
March 21-23
March 28-30
April 4-6
April 11-13
April 14-20 (book now, shorten later)

I will give priority on these trips to those who try to make reservations. If you reserve a campsite for the Meetup, I will reimburse you the reservation cost or the $10 cancelation fee if we cancel it. You will need to share a copy of your reservation and photo ID with other Meetup people using that site, unless they drive into the park with you. You can obscure your DOB/address on the image of your driver's license. You can also make separate reservations for yourself and your family/friends and you don't need to share those with the Meetup.

Here's how to make a reservation.

1. Make sure in advance that you have a Recreation.gov account.
2. If you haven't used it before, log in at least 1 day in advance and practice browsing Yosemite Upper Pines campground for availability.
3. Before 6:50am PST on March 15, login in and open browser to your chosen campground. Click "View by Availability" and slide the dates so you can see the desired dates. Select a Fri for your chosen campsite, then click the following Sun or Mon--your reserved days will turn blue. If you're ambitious, you can open 2 or 3 browser windows to different campsites while waiting for 7am.
4. At exactly 7am PST, click "Book Now" in each browser window. If it's already taken, click the "Refresh Table" link or refresh your browser window and try for another site or another weekend.
5. If your browser pauses & says don't refresh, wait 20 seconds then refresh if you didn't get to the reservation confirmation screen. May need to try a different site or weekend. Do NOT keep waiting until you get an error message.
6. Try to get 2 reservations into your cart then pay for them together. The first one in your cart is all yours for at least 12 minutes. If you make any changes to it before booking it, it resets the cart timer to 12 minutes
7. Before paying for a site, you must add the number of people (6) and check Tent and RV or camper/trailer/van (set length to 22' if possible) under "Equipment" and indicate 2 vehicles. Check the box to accept the terms and pay with a credit card to reserve the site. It's $36/night.
8. Report back to this event which site(s) you were able to get. Often a few sites will pop back up as available between 7:16-7:30am.

You can only hold 2 campsite reservations per campground at a time, so if you already have one reservation in Upper Pines, you can only add one more reservation in Upper Pines (plus up to 2 more reservations in Lower Pines, North Pines, Tamarack Flat, etc.). Each account is limited to 30 nights camping in Yosemite per year, 14 nights of camping in the peak season (May 1-September 15) and only 7 of those nights can be in Yosemite Valley or Wawona.

I will reimburse you for your campsite fee if you agree to share your campsite with this Meetup group. If you want to grab some campsites for just yourself that you don't share with the group, that's also totally fine.

There will be an optional Zoom meeting at this time for those who want it or have questions.

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Yosemite campsite virtual reservation party for March 15-April 14, 2025

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