Yosemite Valley Car Camping Trip: May 7-9

[Guest guest]

This is an official Stanford Outing Club trip, although

we would like to get as many veg*n folks as possible on

this trip. There will be plenty of vegan food at the big

cookout on Saturday as well.

 

YOSEMITE VALLEY CAR CAMPING TRIP

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* sign-up required, see last section.

 

Leave: Friday afternoon, May 7th

Return: Sunday night, May 9th

Activities: Several organized dayhikes of varying difficulty to

waterfalls and other attractions, or just " chilling

out " ; there will be at least one group dinner feast.

This trip is suitable for all levels of campers.

Lodging: Two adjacent single sites and a double site at the

Lower Pines campground in Yosemite Valley. Maximum

two vehicles per single site.

Costs: $36 per campsite x 4 = $144 / # of participants

+ $20 park entry fee / car (unless passenger has

National Park Pass) + transportation (driver will

be reimbursed at $.20/mile) + approx. $5 / person

for the Saturday night group dinner.

 

It's spring time and the waterfalls and flowers in Yosemite are

at their best, so it's time for a work-as-hard-as-you-wish trip

to the Valley. There are two single sites and a double site at

the Lower Pines campground that can accommodate up to 24 people.

There are already several volunteers that wish to lead dayhikes,

such as Vernal and Nevada Falls via the Mist Trail, and hike to

Mirror Lake. Since our group will be large, the plan is to just

meet up at the double site in the morning on Saturday and figure

out which dayhikes everyone wants to join--there will also be a

photographer-paced hike. If you want to do some rock climbing,

you can probably find some people to join you, too.

 

On Saturday night we will be having an all-out group dinner

organized by Eng-Shien--it's supposed to be a relaxing car

camping trip, after all... He is planning on shopping for

the whole group, but everyone will help him cook. You will

need to bring food for other meals, although there usually

are left-overs from the big feast. BTW, there is a grocery

market in the Valley, so don't feel you need to pack so much

food in your car--we don't want to overstuff the bear boxes,

either. On Sunday we will do some more hikes and grab dinner

on the way back home.

 

Sign-up

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Send the following info to Yin-Yin by Tuesday night, and you

will be notified by Wednesday night with more organizational

details and and carpool info. Reply to: ingrid_yyh

 

* Name

* Contact info (e-mail and phone)

* Where do you prefer to leave from (say

Stanford if you are reasonably close)?

When can you leave on Friday?

* Can you drive your car? How many

people can it hold comfortably?

* What size tent do you have?

 

Trip leaders: Yin-Yin and Eng-Shien