Updated: 7:17 PM PDT Apr 21, 2021 By Brody Fernandez Starting Wednesday, you can start booking tickets for Yosemite National Park.Beginning on May 21, anyone visiting the park will need a day-use reservation to enter. The temporary day-use reservation system will allow park officials to better manage visitation levels in order to reduce COVID-19 health concerns and risks associated with exposure. The day-use reservations will be required for all visitors, officials said. This includes annual and lifetime pass holders to the park. Each day-use reservation is valid for three days. Starting on April 21, reservations will be available here, starting at 8 a.m. Each day-use reservation is valid for one vehicle and the occupants of that vehicle. As of Wednesday, day-use passes for May 21 and 22 are already sold out. If visitors are planning to stay overnight at the park, day-use reservations are required. This includes all reservations for the following lodgings: The Ahwa
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May 12
Beginning May 14, some additional reservations will open up at 8 a.m. every day for trips seven days out.
Day-use reservations are required for all visitors, including annual and lifetime pass holders, according to the park. Each day-use reservation is valid for one vehicle for three days.
If you have a reservation for places like The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Valley Lodge, Curry Village and campgrounds managed by the National Park Service, or if you have a Yosemite wilderness permit or Half Dome permit, you don t need a day-use reservation, the park said.
People entering the park on a Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System bus, on a bicycle, on foot or on horseback don t need a day-use reservation, according to the park.
May 12
Beginning May 14, some additional reservations will open up at 8 a.m. every day for trips seven days out.
Day-use reservations are required for all visitors, including annual and lifetime pass holders, according to the park. Each day-use reservation is valid for one vehicle for three days.
If you have a reservation for places like The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Valley Lodge, Curry Village and campgrounds managed by the National Park Service, or if you have a Yosemite wilderness permit or Half Dome permit, you don t need a day-use reservation, the park said.
People entering the park on a Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System bus, on a bicycle, on foot or on horseback don t need a day-use reservation, according to the park.
The reservation system was first introduced at the onset of the pandemic and California s stay-at-home order. It returned temporarily in February to deal with the influx of visitors hoping to see the popular firefall attraction, which is only visible for about two weeks each year when certain conditions are meant.
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