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kjacobsen
Trad climber
Julian, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 31, 2016 - 08:55am PT
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I want to park at Tenaya trailhead at night, sleep for a few hours and start climbing early. It seems stupid to pay for a campsite just to have to get up even earlier and probably sleep less because of loud neighbors. Is there a window of time when all the Rangers are off duty and would leave me and my van alone? 10pm to 5am? I'm not trying to skip out on paying my fair share. I always re-up my anual national parks pass and often do pay for camping. I'm also aware that if every climber rolled up every night to every popular climbing trailhead around the world it would create a problem. So I'm asking here, what's the local ethic and how do the cops respond to it?
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Aug 31, 2016 - 09:09am PT
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Is there a window of time when all the Rangers are off duty and would leave me and my van alone? 10pm to 5am?
Having been tooled, while sleeping in my car, at 3am, I would say the answer is no.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Aug 31, 2016 - 09:09am PT
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Too easy to stay outside the park and drive in early
edit: The NPS has someone review ST every day
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Aug 31, 2016 - 09:15am PT
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You will be dragged from your car and summarily executed.
For realz they look in cars all night for food and people
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Aug 31, 2016 - 10:13am PT
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Start hiking at night when you arrive.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Aug 31, 2016 - 10:52am PT
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I'd say you have a pretty fair chance of being caught sleeping in your van , especially in Tuolumne . You could be asked to leave or ticketed , or just a verbal warning . It really is a roll of the dice .
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Nanobody
Trad climber
Fresno, CA
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Aug 31, 2016 - 12:05pm PT
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Stay where Burch recommended or on Utility road. Its not far drive back to the trailhead
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Aug 31, 2016 - 12:25pm PT
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Having been tooled, while sleeping in my car, at 3am, I would say the answer is no.
Roger that. Been there, done that, except off Glacier Point road many years ago. Not fun having to get out of the park in the early morning hours.
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Sula
Trad climber
Pennsylvania
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Aug 31, 2016 - 04:26pm PT
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I concur that stealth camping in any parking area has a low chance of producing a good result.
The National Forest Service maintains several low-rent campgrounds along Rte 120 east of the park entrance. (I think Burch's map points to one of the closest of these.)
They are pleasant, and often have space available even in "high" season (first come, first served - no reservations). Presumably the ones nearest to the park entrance fill soonest.
The catch is that it's a 30+ minute drive from there to Tenaya Lake trailhead. The good news is that between the hours of midnight and 6am, you can achieve a much better average speed on Park roads than is otherwise possible / safe / tolerated.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Aug 31, 2016 - 04:32pm PT
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Based on what I've witnessed happen to someone else than me, the ranger won't even interrupt your sleep (at 7am), but you WILL find an expensive ticket on your windshield when you awake. :-)
Hard to believe someone other than a troll would ask this on the world wide internet.
edit - good question for general education...
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Aug 31, 2016 - 05:23pm PT
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Not sure what "tenaya trailhead" you mean, but get a wilderness permit and camp 1 mile from the road and 4 miles from the Meadows and you are legal and stress free.
Or camp down 120 as mentioned.
Rangers are on duty 24/7 and will bust illegal campers. I wouldn't get a good nights sleep doing that.
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