Yosemite GMP: Curry Village

Curry Village

Visitor Use Goals

Provide several types of accommodations, primarily in the low-cost range

Reduce the density of tent cabins

Provide facilities and services consistent with the historical setting of Curry Village and the natural scenic resources of the Valley

Remove facilities from geologically hazardous areas to avoid personal injury and structural damage

Redesign housekeeping camp to reduce congestion and remove facilities away from riverbank

Visitor Use Actions

Remove shed and residence west of ice rink

Provide a grocery store and bike rental

Remove 83 visitor tent cabins from the rockfall zone

Redesign visitor tent cabin area to provide up to 335 tent cabins

Retain the 99 cabin-with-bath, 19 lodge-with-bath, and 90 cabin-without-bath units

Retain historic registration office and Mother Curry's bungalow

Remove Foster Curry cabin

Retain cafeteria, gift shop, and mountain shop

Replace bathhouse

Remove permanent ice rink (provide portable ice rink in winter)

Remove parking at ice rink (25 spaces)

Remove shoulder parking at east end of tent cabin area (10 spaces)

Remove Curry dump parking and restore area (160 spaces)

Immediately remove 200 additional day parking spaces from Curry Orchard

Remove 68 housekeeping units (34 structures), retain 232 units, and redesign area to reduce congestion and environmental damage

Park Operations Goals

Relocate employee housing out of geologically hazardous areas and remove nonessential housing

Park Operations Actions

Remove 75 employee tent cabins, including those in the rockfall zone, and retain 75 tent cabins to accommodate 150 essential employees

Copy on this page is from
pages 39-41 of the GMP.