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Advice for route to Yosemite

twosandwiches said:
great! thanks for all the suggestions. we're really looking for the fastest non-freeway route there. going to hike half dome then bike home. i'm guessing we'll be sore for about a week after...
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You are going to ride up, hike half dome and ride home the same day:wtf

:hail:hail:hail
 
bikeama said:
You are going to ride up, hike half dome and ride home the same day:wtf

:hail:hail:hail
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oh no, we've got a place in curry village for the night. ride one day, sleep, get up early, hike, sleep, then ride home the next day. 3 day trip.

although it's looking like it's going to be about 99 degrees most of those days...suddenly the car is looking a bit more hospitable...
 
bikeama said:
You are going to ride up, hike half dome and ride home the same day:wtf
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I highly recommend not doing this. I know some good uncrowded campsites right outside the park (close to a small store/bar/restarurant where you can get premade food and a drink too.) The campsite has a pit toilet, and water, no RV's probably only 10 sites, secluded and spread out. It has served me well over the years and has not ever been full if you arrive by 3-4.

I would strongly suggest staying the night.

If you change your mind and want to know where it is PM me.
 
twosandwiches said:
oh no, we've got a place in curry village for the night. ride one day, sleep, get up early, hike, sleep, then ride home the next day. 3 day trip.

although it's looking like it's going to be about 99 degrees most of those days...suddenly the car is looking a bit more hospitable...
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Ah OK good. Ignore my last post then (although my camp spot is also cooler than the valley :laughing)

As for temps, in the valley it will be much hotter than at higher elevations. If you go farther up 120 or hike up out of the valley it will be much more comfortable.

Down the other side towards mono lake will be scorching.
 
twosandwiches said:
although it's looking like it's going to be about 99 degrees most of those days...suddenly the car is looking a bit more hospitable...
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You should be fine once you get to Highway 49 or anything to the east of it.

Crossing the Central Valley will not be enjoyable, though, unless you do it early in the morning. It seems awfully wide when riding a motorcycle across it in the heat. :flame
 
ScottRNelson said:
You should be fine once you get to Highway 49 or anything to the east of it.

Crossing the Central Valley will not be enjoyable, though, unless you do it early in the morning. It seems awfully wide when riding a motorcycle across it in the heat. :flame
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Often it's much hotter as you go up in elevation because the hot air rises from the valley and gets pushed east. I remember visiting my cousin's place in Fiddletown once and was shocked that it was nearly 110 when it was only in the mid 90's crossing the valley.
 
ST Guy said:
Often it's much hotter as you go up in elevation because the hot air rises from the valley and gets pushed east. I remember visiting my cousin's place in Fiddletown once and was shocked that it was nearly 110 when it was only in the mid 90's crossing the valley.
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True..Don't have any morning issue, but coming back down the mountain in the afternoon, gets brutal.
 
I go up there a lot and was there last month (actually Camp Mather near Hetch Hetchy). My favorite thing to do is be on the road before sunrise (4 AM) and beat it through central valley before it heats up and be in the foothills before the sun is blinds me. You'll roll into Yosemite around 8 AM before the hordes are even awake and you can spend the whole day enjoying the valley and swim in the river.:thumbup

Have fun whatever you do and be careful on Half Dome. (Bring good boots and moleskin).
 
It 45 degrees and raining when I rode over 120 on my way to Utah on Monday :laughing:ride
 
Tomorrow is looking perfect...Storm has passed..and heat hasn't spiked.

One of the Beauties of being retired....Ya can pick your :ride days.
 
twosandwiches said:
Hi Barf,

Recently moved back to the area and pretty excited to take a 2-up trip out to Yosemite this week. Wondering if anybody has a go-to route from the peninsula out to Curry Village they could recommend.

Thanks much
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Thought of you when I was this video put up by Yosemite today. Great video enjoy your trip.

[youtube]7QLVMwyxU_Q[/youtube]
 
I worked two summers in YNP my dad 15 years. You NEVER get tired of looking at rocks. Mariposa county has some epic riding. I know roads just as twisty as 49 without the crazy drop. But the 49 was repaved last year and still sweet :teeth

My route: 12-49-home (bootjack) 12 gets you to the hills quicker.

If you do the 49 just make sure you fill up before hand, no stops.
Also there was just a big fire up in Midpines, the fish camp route might be better. But the 140 runs along the Merced river, below the south fork the water is great. Hard choice?
When you have time think about the loop, over the pass,mono, sonora pass. The sonora pass has a little of everything.

Also don't plan on your phone working that great in the hills.

Have fun, ride safe :thumbup
 
Onebadscot said:
My route: 12-49-home (bootjack) 12 gets you to the hills quicker.

If you do the 49 just make sure you fill up before hand, no stops.
Also there was just a big fire up in Midpines, the fish camp route might be better. But the 140 runs along the Merced river, below the south fork the water is great. Hard choice?
When you have time think about the loop, over the pass,mono, sonora pass. The sonora pass has a little of everything.

Also don't plan on your phone working that great in the hills.

Have fun, ride safe :thumbup
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Holy cow...I knew about the fire, but didn't know it was up at Midpines! :shocker

I lived on Sky Ranch Road for a few years. Good advice for the OP! Lots of great roads up there. :thumbup
 
twosandwiches said:
Hi Barf,

Recently moved back to the area and pretty excited to take a 2-up trip out to Yosemite this week. Wondering if anybody has a go-to route from the peninsula out to Curry Village they could recommend.

Thanks much
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Have you made sure you're going to get a permit? They've changed the permitting system. Unless I missed it, you didn't note whether you'd gotten a permit, and it's not the wild west up there anymore - too many tourons bouncing off the side.
 
Here is how Yosemite looks from the Mono Lake side. Back then I was riding R1100S and should have never sold it.
 

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bikeama said:
Thought of you when I was this video put up by Yosemite today. Great video enjoy your trip.

[youtube]7QLVMwyxU_Q[/youtube]
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Fantastic program on DirecTV H2 channel, How the Earth was made Series,..

On Yosemite...How the granite is unique..100 times as hard/strong/lack of cracks..as other granite. How the forming of walls and flat floor, came about.

And...Rock slides, are happening now.
 
Just came back from ride over Ebbetts...took the visitors a few hours to show up, But OMG they are escaping the heat, somewhere, me thinks to be showing up in droves, in the high country.

This should just keep getting denser every day, and though the forth of July Holiday.
 
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