As someone suggested, stay at a motel in Lee Vining.? The early morning Yarts bus gets you to TM around 8:30.? That's plenty early to get you to the campground just before Donahue.
They may be resuming the Tuolumne Meadows Hikers Bus this year.
That would get you to Tuolumne Meadows aroun 10:30 am,? earlier
than the YARTS bus. I would check on it.
I haven't stayed at the backpacker's camp in the Valley, but in
Tuolumne you didn't get a specific campsite so it didn't fill up.
Since you will have your wilderness permit you should be able to
camp there.
Frank
On 2/27/2022 9:14 AM, Ger Murphy via
wrote:
I plan to arrive by bus to
Yosemite valley the day before I start my trip.
I could potentially stay in the backpackers campsite (but no
guarantee of a place) and get the first YART out of the
valley. There is very limited accommodation in the valley. I
tried Curry Village but it is booked out.
Ideally, I'd like to be close to the trailhead to get an early
start.
Geraldine?
--
Frank
