Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Having worked for Aramark for very low wages and zero benefits, I can tell
you that yes, they will squeeze out every penny they can, for their
bigshots in Philly. We used to call them "Aramark of the
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Granola
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Yep, that was my big nice bus. Interesting because I purchased my ticket using the Hikers Shuttle link from the YNP website and that is what is said on my receipt too.
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Celeste Guerrero
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Addressing a couple of points in this thread-
YARTS buses will stop to drop off hikers at some of the trailheads if they can pull off the road safely - I know they do Tenaya Lake and Koip Peak/Mono
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steve herr
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
That would have been the YARTS bus, which on ly runs up in the afternoon and down in the morning and looks like this:
not the Shuttle, which looks like this, which runs both ways morning and
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Peter Hirst
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Interesting - there's been very little info published on the YNP website about interim arrangements for TM during construction. Will everything be accommodated within the footprint of the campground?
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Lange Jorstad
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Thank you, Sam!
I¡¯m arriving from Tahoe so should be by Dog Lk parking lot at 8am. Glad there are those options because it will be very busy Independence week.
I¡¯m sorry they will be modifying TM
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Karina Bezkrovnaia
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
In my last trip to TM last fall, I spoke with a ranger at the TP entrance regarding 2023 facilities. While the campground will be closed for all of 2023 and perhaps in to 2024, the other facilities
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Sam Molinari <sammolinari@...>
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
I took the hiker shuttle last year on Sept 9 from TM to HI after completing the umbrella handle of the JMT (HI to TM). It was me and one other person sharing a full-sized air conditioned luxury bus. I
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Celeste Guerrero
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Lange and Peter,
I wish we could do something.
It is wrong to monetize NPS service as those are public lands and ¡° national park¡± sjouke serve nation¡¯s interest.
Otherwise is an oxymoron and
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Karina Bezkrovnaia
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Yes the "lack of staff" argument really is?beyond belief. I bet you could recruit someone from this group in about two seconds for the opportunity to live in Yosemite all summer and either drive the
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Lange Jorstad
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Re: 2023 Snowpack
Sorry, the jpeg images for those charts are pretty low res in the previous post. I've attached the pdf file with the same charts, which should have better resolution and probably easier to scroll
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Lange Jorstad
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
This is a great info, Peter!
The Master of Yosemite trail signs!
So here is an idea ( however silly). With main JMT group alone 47K we can petition. On behalf NPS. I would fight for our wilderness and
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Karina Bezkrovnaia
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Re: 2023 Snowpack
Hello all - I'll continue in this topic for now: I've just posted the attached snow sensor charts in the JMT FB groups so am cross-posting here for those not on FB. Admins, if there is a better way to
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Lange Jorstad
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Karina:
A very good question.?? And a very telling? way of putting? it: "who to operate the Park?"? Who indeed?? Very telling, and sad that this is a legitimate way to ask the question.? The
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Peter Hirst
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Peter,
But who is deciding who to operate the park ?
I remember when Yose went into on lawsuit with Delaware corporation (was it?) to get historic names back ?
I remember being outraged by Majestic
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Karina Bezkrovnaia
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Like ?
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ken Eckhardt
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
I June of last year I met hikers being dropped at the Dog Lake/JMT trailhead in Lyell Canyon.? I don't know when it was discontinued, but they had enough drivers in June.
Doesn't YARTS serve as the
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Peter Hirst
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Re: 2023 Snowpack
Please do! :)
I do steer clear of FB....
Many thanks
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Randy Carson
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
Thank you, Steve!
In case we don¡¯t have it again what are my options if leaving my car at TM - hop on YARTS?
Karina Bezkrovnaia
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Karina Bezkrovnaia
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Re: Hiker Shuttle Summer 2023
The hiker shuttle is done under contract by the concessionaire, but they are not required to do it like the Valley Shuttle.
Last year, the intended to do it, but a lack of drivers forced them to skip
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steve herr
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