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| Above, The Beast at North Pines Campground in 2016. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Yosemite National Park's new campsite lottery system opens this week.
Frustrated by the previous system of securing a campsite in a Yosemite Valley campground, a test lottery system is being implemented to ease some of that frustration.
The campground involved with the test is North Pines. I stayed at North Pines in 2016.
The Mercury News reported:
In an attempt to address “frustration and disappointment” over the Yosemite reservations process, the national park this year is testing a lottery for spots at one of its campgrounds.
From 7 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, Jan. 18, to 8 p.m. on Feb. 6, potential campers can submit their names at the Reservations.gov site for early-access booking of North Pines with arrival dates of July 21 through Sept. 14.
On Feb. 10, 640 selected applicants will be emailed a time slot to make a reservation online, starting the following week.
There is a non-refundable $10 fee to enter the lottery, and campsites cost $36 a night.
To read more, go here.
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