![]() ![]() ![]() Then starting every day on July 15, it is open with 30-minute delays. It closes again July 5-7 and reopens July 8 with the same hours. ![]() Hours are limited through July 4 between 6 a.m. The Glacier Point Road - that leads to what would literally be breathtaking views of Half Dome if you had to hike there up the Four Mile Trail - opened today (July 1) while working around road work. In the past five years, only two would continue flowing over the rim to the valley this time of year - the falls known as Yosemite and Brideveil - and they weren’t exactly robust. The waterfalls are running like it is still early spring. The reason is because of the record snowfall that has created a unique summer opportunity in Yosemite Valley. Now that you’ve heard my reservations for going this time of year, ignore them. There is a reason why Yosemite’s official site often warns visitors this time of year expect two to three hour delays in traffic once you reach Yosemite’s boundaries as well as enter the valley on weekends or afternoons on week days. That’s when 75 percent of the annual visitors descend on Yosmeite.Īlthough the national park has 747,956 square miles, almost every one of those visitors heads to the main attractions within the walls of the six square miles that make up Yosemite Valley. I’ll be the first to admit even in the year I racked up 10 trips to Yosemite that I avoided Yosemite Valley - the place where perhaps 95 percent of the visitors are drawn for obvious reasons - like the plague between May and October except when I want to hike out of the valley to the rim. ![]()
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