[pct-l] Semi off topic Yosemite advice

[Lindsey Sommer]

Hi All,

Just wanted to THANK everyone who emailed me both on and off life regarding
the summer chaos that is Yosemite. Sounds like I won't be totally out of
luck in regards to wilderness permits, depending on which trailhead I'm
interested in (whew). The process of figuring out what is available, when
you are allowed to enter, etc has been a bit daunting :)

I'll probably try and do Ostrander lake at some point, since I backcountry
ski here, and I'm curious to visit during a non-winter season, and there
are barely any full days as of now.

Cheers,
Lindsey




On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Lindsey Sommer <lgsommer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello fellow list-servers, I know this question is not related to hiking
> the PCT, but I thought it would be wise to come to you to ask you advice
> regarding Yosemite over the summer, since many of you seem to frequent (or
> live close to) the Sierras.
>
> Here is my dilemma: I'm currently an archival grad student and
> have wonderfully been offered a summer internship working in the Yosemite
> archives, which is not only well paid (gasp! a paid intern!), but I get to
> live in the park for the entire summer. GREAT!
>
> *Downside:* It's Yosemite during the summer, and since I didn't actually
> have the option to know in February where I was going to be, the permit and
> camping situation for the summer is looking DIRE. I know that ideally, I
> would have reserved campsites and wilderness permits months ago, but sadly
> this was not an option.
>
> *This is my question:* I've been reviewing the current permit reservation
> list, and while the obvious popular spots are 100% reserved for the summer,
> I notice there are a lot of trailheads that seem less full at this point.
> My Yosemite experience is limited to winter hut skiing trips, so
> I'm unfamiliar with a majority of the park, and I'm wondering if anyone has
> any experience or suggestions related to Yosemite during the summer? Where
> are the best places to go that aren't going to be insane (if any such place
> exists, but, it's a huge park)? Is it even going to be possible for me to
> camp on any weekend without a permit??
>
> And no, it's not an option to go somewhere else, how often does a national
> park pay YOU :)
>
> (I know that Yosemite reserves 40% of their daily wilderness permits for
> walk-ins, but I'm fairly certain these are only for next day entry dates,
> and that is complicated, since I can't run out of the archives to stand in
> line all morning.)
>
> Thanks so much!
> Lindsey
>
>
>
> --
> Lindsey Sommer
> MLIS Candidate 2014 -- University of California, Los Angeles
> lgsommer at gmail.com
> M: (808) 298-1116
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lindsey-sommer/7/7b1/454
>



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Lindsey Sommer
MLIS Candidate 2014 -- University of California, Los Angeles
lgsommer at gmail.com
M: (808) 298-1116
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lindsey-sommer/7/7b1/454