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- Sep 22: enter via Hwy 120, exit via Wawona road with Cook's Meadow, El Capitan Meadow, Valley View and Tunnel View at sunset; pullouts, fallback loop, gas and grocery stops - Sep 23: Mariposa Grove first, Glacier Point at sunset; Chinquapin junction; Mirror Lake optional - Sep 24: 8 AM departure, route table after Fresno, cabin-stop options, Crescent Meadow and Tunnel Log, Moro Rock at sunset - Sep 25: byway stops on the return, Canyon View, Cedar Grove, Boyden Cavern optional, Big Baldy optional, Panoramic Point at sunset - Sep 26: drop the LK airport and weekend notes - parks_sights: fees and reservations section, light notes, new stops Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0143dpDbP48SioBZZJ4iTf5c
2.2 KiB
2.2 KiB
Sep 23 (Wed) — Yosemite
Stay: Cabin — Wawona
Logistics
- Out-and-back along Hwy 41: south to Mariposa Grove (10 min) → north to the Valley (1 hr 10) → south to Chinquapin junction, east up Glacier Point Road, 16-mile dead end (1 hr) → back to Chinquapin, south to Wawona (1 hr)
- Screenshot the Miramonte door code today while there is cell service — it arrives 24 h before the Sep 24 check-in and the cabin has no signal
- Mariposa Grove: check whether the welcome-plaza shuttle runs; without it the walk to the grove is ~2 miles each way, uphill
Plan
Menu:
parks_sights.md. Order follows the light: Half Dome from Glacier Point is backlit in the morning and best at sunset.
- Morning Mariposa Grove — early, before the crowds; Grizzly Giant loop ~2 miles
- Midday Valley floor — anything not done Sep 22; lunch in the Village
- Optional: Mirror Lake — ~2 miles out and back from the shuttle stop (5-mile full loop); lake is often dry by late September
- ~4:30 PM Drive up Glacier Point Road (~1 hr from the Valley)
- ~5:30–7:00 PM Glacier Point — Half Dome and the high country at sunset; Washburn Point on the way
- Evening Back to Wawona, ~1 hr, in the dark
Addresses
| Place | Address | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Cabin — Wawona | 2627 Spelt Road, Wawona, CA 95389 · PIN 5937 · host +1 209-347-6333 | 37.54718, -119.64746 |
| Mariposa Grove Welcome Plaza | Mariposa Grove Road, off Hwy 41 at the south entrance | 37.50662, -119.63029 |
| Sentinel Bridge lot (Cook's Meadow) | Southside Drive, Yosemite Valley | 37.74420, -119.58973 |
| Chinquapin junction | Hwy 41 × Glacier Point Road, ~12 mi north of Wawona; turn east for Glacier Point | 37.65933, -119.70714 |
| Glacier Point | end of Glacier Point Road | 37.73067, -119.57367 |