Hello All,
I'm not able to get through on the NPS reservation phone line and I thought you all would be able to help me. This seems to be the best and only good Yosemite message board.
Now the question. Our group will be hiking Half Dome this summer. We have a group of 6 that currently have reservations for Glacier Point --> Little Yosemite Valley. We have added two more to our party now and need to get them reservations as well. It appears that the Glacier Point and Happy Isles trail heads are full. How can I get these last two people a permit to stay with us in LYV without sneeking them in?? I read on the official Yosemite site that some trail heads allow you to stay in LYV on your second night but it doesn't say which trail heads will allow me to do that. I don't want to get into trouble with the rangers for having 2 of us with reservations for the wrong trail head. Any suggestions from the experts here??
Thank you,
-- Chris Housepian
ps: I just got through on the reservation line and the ranger said that reservations on any trail head will allow them to stay in LYV on their second night. My follow up question to him was how are you going to know that it's their second night? He said that the rangers will know. What the heck should I do?
pps: Also, picking up 2 first come first serve passes on the day of won't work either since we're all coming up from LA and I don't want to chance having 2 guys not be able to hike with us!!
Again,
Thanks for any help you all can provide!!