Yosemite Valley: Upper, Lower, and North Pines Campgrounds are open; reservations are required. Camp 4 is open on a first-come, first-served basis.
Outside Yosemite Valley: Hodgdon Meadow and Wawona Campgrounds are open; reservations are required. Bridalveil Creek, Tamarack Flat, Crane Flat, White Wolf, Yosemite Creek, Porcupine Flat, and Tuolumne Meadows are open on a first-come, first-served basis.
In addition to the great photo she took of Camp 4, Dawn Endico posted on her Flickr account about her experience with camping in Camp 4. Here’s what she wrote:
Dawn Endico: “Everything I’ve read indicates that its extremely hard to get a spot here but I waltzed right in on Tuesday at about 11am and got a spot with no wait. I left on Thursday at noon and they still seemed to have openings. I imagine its a lot busier on weekends though. Maybe it helps that the maximum stay is now 7 days. One of the rangers speculated that most of the climbers had moved to Tuolumne Meadows but on Thursday that campground still had walkin vacancies at around 3.
At Camp 4 they charge $5.00 per day per person and fill up each campsite with people whether you know each other or not. At the other campgrounds you pay for the whole campsite so Camp 4 is a lot cheaper if you’re alone but maybe more expensive if you’re sharing with others.”
Kai Schreiber (aka Genista on Flickr) also added his comment about staying in Camp 4:
Kai: “We arrived on a Friday at 10am, and it was sold out by 11am. The following morning it was sold out by 9am. It’s mostly luck, I presume.
Saturday evening a couple came by and asked to use our fire because they couldn’t get a spot in the valley and had to drive out of the park to Stanislaus Forest to be able to camp.”
For all of you hoping to get a spot in Camp 4 I hope that gives you some insight with which to plan your strategy. Great info Dawn and Kai.
Photo by Dawn Endico via Flickr.