Visiting Yosemite National Park in the Winter

PRACTICAL WANDERLUST

Yosemite in winter is a whole new park! If you’ve only visited Yosemite in the warmer months, prepare to be dazzled, because it’s just as beautiful in the winter.

Yosemite has four primary entrances. If you’re coming from San Francisco, the Big Oak Flat entrance will be the closest. Visitors coming from Los Angeles and Southern California will enter via the Southern entrance.

Go Hiking

Hiking through Yosemite Valley in the winter is a great way to see the sights with a fraction of the crowd!

Take a Scenic Drive

Seriously, every drive in and around Yosemite is a scenic journey through the heart of the Sierra Nevada, and majestic mountain scenery greets you every which way you look.

Hit the Slopes

With gently rolling hills through snow-dusted evergreens, it’s actually a great spot for beginners!

HISTORIC AHWAHNEE HOTEL

The Ahwahnee Hotel is the epitome of a historic national park hotel. It first opened in 1927 and was designed to be the American equivalent of Europe’s grand summer lodges.

GO SNOWSHOEING

Snowshoeing is easy to pick up and Yosemite offers guided tours! You’ll be a snow bunny in no time!

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