Getting to Yosemite north rim trailhead?

Check the maps for the YARTS bus and the Yosemite Valley Shuttle.  I think you take YARTs toward Crane Flat /SR120 and request a stop at the Old Big Oak Flat Road TH.

<p class=”bbp-user-nicename”>@btolley—Thanks for the tip on YARTS. I had found info on the Yosemite Valley shuttle but didn’t realize YARTS ran right into the valley.</p>
<p class=”bbp-user-nicename”>Very convenient! I’ll look into how to get the very short ride I need from them.</p>

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I just called YARTS and they said they only stop at designated stops. So, I can’t use them to get to OBOFR trailhead. Drat!

Anyone have another idea? Thanks!

Doug

You could call the ranger station and ask. It is a designated TH I would think YARTS would drop someone off  there upon request.

Bruce—Amazingly, I got a hitch from Camp 4 (the last one heading out ot the park) within…two minutes!

Doug

Awesome, Did you enjoy the view from the top of El Cap?

Bruce—The views of Yosemite Valley were great after the first day when I gained enough elevation. But I have to say I was hoping for a bit more from the top of El Cap.

I don’t know how far you’d have to walk toward the wall to see anything interesting. It just rounds over and down for a long ways from the top where I was.

Now the lookout area at the top of Yosemite Falls…that was fantastic! And Half Dome from North Dome too.

Doug,

Yup. I am not sure you can see much of the face of El Cap from the top. I was walking down and down to see what I could see and all of the sudden some climbers were coming up and I realized I had come a bit too far for my own comfort.

Bruce,

That sounds like it would be too far for my comfort too.

About 12 years ago I hiked up to the top of Half Dome. As I walked over towards the edge of the face my equilibrium sensor went off when I was still thirty feet away. So I stopped there and was nervous about the folks who crawled right up to the edge and peered over. Yikes!