Staring at Recreation.gov while Yosemite wilderness permits vanish in the literal blink of an eye can make you wonder if sleeping in the backcountry is some kind of myth. You refresh the page. You click the date. Everything is gone. How can that be!? The Yosemite permit system is
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I’ve stood on the summit of Half Dome. I’ve backpacked through Yosemite’s wilderness dozens of times. I’ve watched sunrise spill into Yosemite Valley more times than I can count. And yet, one of the most meaningful Yosemite experiences of my life didn’t happen inside the
You Don’t Just Visit Yosemite. You Let It Change You. There is a moment that happens to almost everyone who visits Yosemite. You step out of the car, look up at the towering granite walls of El Capitan or the roaring mist of Yosemite Falls, and something shifts. The