News Release

Yosemite National Park Expects Significant Impacts from Incoming Storm

Date: April 5, 2018

Park roads, campgrounds, and other facilities may be impacted

Yosemite National Park expects significant impacts from a storm coming in from the Pacific. Storm activity is expected to impact Yosemite National Park and the surrounding area on Friday, April 6 through Sunday, April 8, 2018. Park roadways, campgrounds, and other facilities may be impacted.

Reservations for campsites at North Pines Campground, and some campsites at Lower Pines Campground, have been cancelled for Friday and Saturday night due to anticipated impacts from flooding.

Yosemite National Park and all lodging and other commercial facilities remain open. Park facilities may close at any time due to impacts from the storm.

Visitors planning to travel to Yosemite National Park over the weekend should consider making alternative travel plans. Yosemite National Park and the entire central Sierra Nevada region expect significant impacts from the incoming storm.   

For updated 24-hour road and weather conditions for Yosemite National Park, please call 209-372-0200, press 1 and press 1 again. Updated information is also available on the park’s website at www.nps.gov/yose.