Yosemite in Winter

[jukes]

Hi!
Has anyone stayed in Yosemite in the winter? We have a travel trailer so can prepare for the cold!
I think it’s possible to stay in the valley with no hookups or outside the park and drive or bus in. Suggestions on an RV park outside?
Many thanks..

[jdc1]

jukes wrote:

jdc1 wrote:
I should have mentioned, at the south end of Kings Canyon National Park, the is a river with a nice campground. You'll probably have it all to yourself. We stayed there for 3 days boondocking. The Ranger came in, said hello and went home for the day, since it was only my wife and I there. He said we could camp anywhere we wanted, so we got as close to the river as possible. It's right off the 198, I believe.

Hi thank you. How close would this be to Yosemite? We are thinking a short 3 night weekend in Feb.. we are in Santa Cruz.

It's a 3 hour drive from Lake Kaweah to Yosemite.....but, you'll have the road mostly to yourself. You can stop at 3 or four other GREAT places along the way, for hours (at each one) of site seeing (Grant Grove, General Sherman Tree and more). The drive is spectacular, to put it mildly.

Oh, and I love Santa Cruz too.

[jukes]

Hi, yes we are thinking February! I think we defiantly want Yosemite, so perhaps best to stay just outside with hook ups!

[Lwiddis]

Are you prepared for snow and ice driving?

[bob213]

You are looking at 4 hours to the valley floor at Yosemite.(from the entrance to Kings Canyon) Temps are low. Sunday 19 with snow. Monday and Tue 20 degrees. Might be fun but not for me. Wait till Feb. and you might get to see the water falls that look like fire. That might make the cold worth it.
Fire falls

[jukes]

jdc1 wrote:
I should have mentioned, at the south end of Kings Canyon National Park, the is a river with a nice campground. You'll probably have it all to yourself. We stayed there for 3 days boondocking. The Ranger came in, said hello and went home for the day, since it was only my wife and I there. He said we could camp anywhere we wanted, so we got as close to the river as possible. It's right off the 198, I believe.

Hi thank you. How close would this be to Yosemite? We are thinking a short 3 night weekend in Feb.. we are in Santa Cruz.

[jdc1]

I should have mentioned, at the south end of Kings Canyon National Park, the is a river with a nice campground. You'll probably have it all to yourself. We stayed there for 3 days boondocking. The Ranger came in, said hello and went home for the day, since it was only my wife and I there. He said we could camp anywhere we wanted, so we got as close to the river as possible. It's right off the 198, I believe.

[jdc1]

jukes wrote:
Hi!
Has anyone stayed in Yosemite in the winter? We have a travel trailer so can prepare for the cold!
I think it’s possible to stay in the valley with no hookups or outside the park and drive or bus in. Suggestions on an RV park outside?
Many thanks..

If you don't have heated tanks, you have a problem in the waiting.
On occasion, they have winter storms there (we got caught up in one). Outside the park, in lower elevations, you'll be fine.