Yosemite & more

Yosemite

Yosemite passes are now available on recreation.gov. Day use or overnight passes are mandatory to enter the Park, one per vehicle. More details are here.

Nearby Yosemite National Park is one of the most beautiful places on earth! Have a look at the official Yosemite website and the detail here on entrance passes. You DO NOT need a Park pass to attend our wedding: Evergreen Lodge is outside of Yosemite Park.

Day use or overnight passes are mandatory to enter Yosemite Park in the Summer (May 20, 2022 - September 30, 2022). 70% of the reservations became available on March 23; the remaining 30% of reservations are available 7 days prior to your arrival date. For example, if you plan to visit Yosemite on Thursday, July 14, you should check the website now for availability. If there are no reservations available, return to the website on July 7 to reserve. The reservation is good for three consecutive days in the park, and applies per vehicle: as long as you have one person with a reservation in your car, you will be able to enter the park.

Evergreen Lodge runs a number of excellent tours of Yosemite as well. For more information on those tours, check out the Evergreen website.

Hetch Hetchy

Hetch-Hetchy Reservoir is a great day hike that is two miles down the road from Evergreen Lodge. Learn more here.

San Francisco

If you are flying in to San Francisco before Friday, the city offers many chain and boutique hotel options. We recommend avoiding the Tenderloin when booking hotels or AirBnBs.

Some of you coming from the East Coast or Europe are planning to fly into SFO on Thursday then drive to Evergreen on Friday. If you are looking for a hotel to stay in on Thursday night, we recommend driving to Pleasanton (on the route to Yosemite), where there are a number of reasonably priced hotels.