ANZEIGE
Schau einfach bei eBay Kleinanzeigen nach nem gebrauchten America the beautiful Annual Pass, die sind übertragbar, sind meist noch eine ganze Weile gültig und kosten einen Bruchteil
Death Valley National Park
- Starter*in AlexFly
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ANZEIGE
Mal abgesehen davon, dass man die Bedingungen des Anbieters ignoriert: Man besucht Parks, weil sie einem etwas bieten. Damit das so bleibt, muss Budget vorhanden sein. Ganz egoistisch: will man in der Zukunft erneut ein tolles Erlebnis, sollte man das auch finanzieren.
ist er doch, aufgrund folgendem Passus - selbst schon so genutzt
Annual Pass Use
- Can any two people sign an Annual Pass?
Yes. The two pass owners do not have to be related
Frequently Asked Questions | USGS Store
store.usgs.gov
- Can any two people sign an Annual Pass?
Yes. The two pass owners do not have to be related
Frequently Asked Questions | USGS Store
Wenn du autorisierter Verkäufer des Passes bist, kannst du ihn verkaufen. Andernfalls lediglich verschenken.
korrekt, die meisten bei Ebay Kleinanzeigen verschenken ihn auch, erheben aber z. B. 35 EUR Versandkosten
- ganz ehrlich, die Amis machen es selbst so, jeder weiß es, die Ranger wissen es, machen es sogar selbst so...
Aus reiner Bequemlichkeit würde es sowieso auf den normalen Kauf hinauslaufen. Zumal wir ja auch mehrere bräuchten
Aber zumindest gut im Hinterkopf zu haben das die Tiogaroute den Pass erfordert
Aber zumindest gut im Hinterkopf zu haben das die Tiogaroute den Pass erfordert
Mt. Dana – Gipfel-Blick nach Norden, mit Dana Lake, Dana Plateau, und im Hintergrund Mt. Warren
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11...ns-to-visit-yosemite-national-park-next-year/ [paywalled]
tl;dr = 2023 ohne Reservierung... aber mit/ohne ist weiterhin umstritten, denn der Park ist im Sommer rammelvoll, und nicht wirklich zu geniessen...
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Ending a requirement that has been in place for the past three years, Yosemite National Park won’t require people to make reservations next year for day visits to the famed Sierra landmark.
But the reservation system won’t be gone forever. Next month, Yosemite officials will begin a planning process that could result in permanent reservation requirements for day-use visitors after 2024 — breathing new life into a contentious issue that has sparked increasing debate at some of America’s most popular national parks.
“Congestion and gridlock have been issues for 30 or 40 years,” said Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman. “The time is right to initiate this process and come up with a managed access plan. We’re hearing from visitors and the environmental groups that want to address this. It never had been addressed in a comprehensive plan. And we want to incorporate the tourism industry’s concerns.”
In 2020 and 2021, for the first time in the park’s 157-year history, Yosemite officials limited the number of people who could visit the park due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, from March 23 to Sept. 30, reservations were required for cars during peak hours — 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. — because there were at least half a dozen major construction projects underway, including work on the Tioga Road and Glacier Point Road, and parks officials were worried about traffic gridlock.
But most of those construction projects are finished or nearing completion now.
Before COVID, up to 5 million people a year visited Yosemite and its iconic landscape featuring massive granite walls, breathtaking mountain scenery, and towering waterfalls.
During the past three years, people with overnight reservations at hotels and campgrounds didn’t need to book an additional reservation to enter the park. But those interested in visiting for the day were required to make online reservations. Some people were turned away at the gates on days when all the reservations were filled.
In 2020, Yosemite kept visitor numbers to about 50% of historic averages during the first year of the pandemic. Over the past two years, they ranged from 50% to 80% of normal visitation.
Gediman said that starting in January, the park will hold public meetings in person and online to solicit ideas about a permanent reservation system. Other national parks, including Rocky Mountain in Colorado and Arches in Utah, are beginning similar planning efforts, he said.
Environmental groups have generally supported limiting the number of people into America’s most popular national parks, particularly on peak summer days, to reduce traffic jams and over crowding.
But tourism industry officials have resisted.
The reservation system has reduced hotel occupancy by 20% to 30% this summer in communities around Yosemite, said Jonathan Farrington, executive director of the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau.
He said restaurants, hotels and other businesses will be pleased to hear that the park is not requiring reservations for 2023.
“We welcome the news,” he said. “It’s good that the reservation system won’t be in place next year. Because of worldwide economic issues, we don’t see travel rebounding to pre-pandemic levels next year.”
As for the discussion over permanent reservations, there are many issues to consider, he added.
“Businesses would really like to contribute and participate in the conversation,” he said.
There are political and legal issues also. In the Nov. 8 election, Republicans were on track to win back control of the House of Representatives, which sets the budget for the National Park Service. The congressman whose district includes Yosemite National Park, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Roseville, has been a staunch opponent of any day-use reservation system, arguing that it hurts rural tourism economies.
“This elitist mentality that we have to restrict the public to the use of their own public lands is antithetical to the American approach to the national parks and national forests,” McClintock said during an interview in May.
Last month, the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution urging Yosemite to drop the reservation system, saying it had “created a barrier to economic recovery in our county” after COVID, wildfires and other challenges that reduced tourism.
During many of Yosemite’s major planning decisions on other issues since the 1980s, various groups have filed lawsuits. Holding a drawn-out public process with meetings, draft plans and environmental studies could reduce the legal vulnerability of the National Park Service if and when the Biden administration makes any reservation system at Yosemite or other parks permanent.
Environmental groups say the reservation system has been successful in reducing traffic, improving visitors’ experiences, and protecting the park’s natural resources.
“To suddenly just hit the pause button and return to the old normal — which has been a free for all, loved to death, crowding in Yosemite, is disappointing,” said Kati Schmidt, a spokeswoman for the National Parks Conservation Association in San Francisco.
Schmidt said surveys done last year by Utah State University researchers at Glacier National Park showed that 70% of visitors supported a reservation system there for often-crowded attractions, like the Going to the Sun Road.
Most people plan ahead when they go to Yosemite National Park, she said, adding that there is little difference between park reservations and reservations required at restaurants, hotels and movie theaters.
“The expectation when you go to Yosemite is that you are going to find a parking spot and then walk to see Yosemite Falls or hike to Vernal Fall,” she said. “But your experience can be sitting in gridlock traffic for hours. These reservation systems are a really important step forward, and we think the parks should continue them.”
tl;dr = 2023 ohne Reservierung... aber mit/ohne ist weiterhin umstritten, denn der Park ist im Sommer rammelvoll, und nicht wirklich zu geniessen...
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Why you won’t need reservations to visit Yosemite National Park next year
For the first time in three years, visitors won’t need to book ahead to enter the park in 2023
Ending a requirement that has been in place for the past three years, Yosemite National Park won’t require people to make reservations next year for day visits to the famed Sierra landmark.
But the reservation system won’t be gone forever. Next month, Yosemite officials will begin a planning process that could result in permanent reservation requirements for day-use visitors after 2024 — breathing new life into a contentious issue that has sparked increasing debate at some of America’s most popular national parks.
“Congestion and gridlock have been issues for 30 or 40 years,” said Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman. “The time is right to initiate this process and come up with a managed access plan. We’re hearing from visitors and the environmental groups that want to address this. It never had been addressed in a comprehensive plan. And we want to incorporate the tourism industry’s concerns.”
In 2020 and 2021, for the first time in the park’s 157-year history, Yosemite officials limited the number of people who could visit the park due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, from March 23 to Sept. 30, reservations were required for cars during peak hours — 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. — because there were at least half a dozen major construction projects underway, including work on the Tioga Road and Glacier Point Road, and parks officials were worried about traffic gridlock.
But most of those construction projects are finished or nearing completion now.
Before COVID, up to 5 million people a year visited Yosemite and its iconic landscape featuring massive granite walls, breathtaking mountain scenery, and towering waterfalls.
During the past three years, people with overnight reservations at hotels and campgrounds didn’t need to book an additional reservation to enter the park. But those interested in visiting for the day were required to make online reservations. Some people were turned away at the gates on days when all the reservations were filled.
In 2020, Yosemite kept visitor numbers to about 50% of historic averages during the first year of the pandemic. Over the past two years, they ranged from 50% to 80% of normal visitation.
Gediman said that starting in January, the park will hold public meetings in person and online to solicit ideas about a permanent reservation system. Other national parks, including Rocky Mountain in Colorado and Arches in Utah, are beginning similar planning efforts, he said.
Environmental groups have generally supported limiting the number of people into America’s most popular national parks, particularly on peak summer days, to reduce traffic jams and over crowding.
But tourism industry officials have resisted.
The reservation system has reduced hotel occupancy by 20% to 30% this summer in communities around Yosemite, said Jonathan Farrington, executive director of the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau.
He said restaurants, hotels and other businesses will be pleased to hear that the park is not requiring reservations for 2023.
“We welcome the news,” he said. “It’s good that the reservation system won’t be in place next year. Because of worldwide economic issues, we don’t see travel rebounding to pre-pandemic levels next year.”
As for the discussion over permanent reservations, there are many issues to consider, he added.
“Businesses would really like to contribute and participate in the conversation,” he said.
There are political and legal issues also. In the Nov. 8 election, Republicans were on track to win back control of the House of Representatives, which sets the budget for the National Park Service. The congressman whose district includes Yosemite National Park, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Roseville, has been a staunch opponent of any day-use reservation system, arguing that it hurts rural tourism economies.
“This elitist mentality that we have to restrict the public to the use of their own public lands is antithetical to the American approach to the national parks and national forests,” McClintock said during an interview in May.
Last month, the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution urging Yosemite to drop the reservation system, saying it had “created a barrier to economic recovery in our county” after COVID, wildfires and other challenges that reduced tourism.
During many of Yosemite’s major planning decisions on other issues since the 1980s, various groups have filed lawsuits. Holding a drawn-out public process with meetings, draft plans and environmental studies could reduce the legal vulnerability of the National Park Service if and when the Biden administration makes any reservation system at Yosemite or other parks permanent.
Environmental groups say the reservation system has been successful in reducing traffic, improving visitors’ experiences, and protecting the park’s natural resources.
“To suddenly just hit the pause button and return to the old normal — which has been a free for all, loved to death, crowding in Yosemite, is disappointing,” said Kati Schmidt, a spokeswoman for the National Parks Conservation Association in San Francisco.
Schmidt said surveys done last year by Utah State University researchers at Glacier National Park showed that 70% of visitors supported a reservation system there for often-crowded attractions, like the Going to the Sun Road.
Most people plan ahead when they go to Yosemite National Park, she said, adding that there is little difference between park reservations and reservations required at restaurants, hotels and movie theaters.
“The expectation when you go to Yosemite is that you are going to find a parking spot and then walk to see Yosemite Falls or hike to Vernal Fall,” she said. “But your experience can be sitting in gridlock traffic for hours. These reservation systems are a really important step forward, and we think the parks should continue them.”
wir wurden beim Kauf im Yosemite von der Rangerin sogar darauf hingewiesen, dass wir nicht vergessen sollten, den Pass an "Freunde" weiterzugeben... ;-)korrekt, die meisten bei Ebay Kleinanzeigen verschenken ihn auch, erheben aber z. B. 35 EUR Versandkosten
Irgendworan muss man ja schliesslich uns Deutsche Urlauber erkennen!
Und da man im Yosemite hinten beim Wasserfall keine Handtücher auslegt,
stellt man sich eben ans Geländer vom Aussichtspunkt, betrachtet in tiefer
Ehrfurcht für einen Moment die Natur, und diskutiert dann über die Anzahl
der Nationalparkjahreseintrittsplastikkärtchen die man gekauft hat, versus
hätte kaufen können, sollen, müssen... bis ebenfalls präsente Amis darauf
mit einem herausgepressten "god damn anal retentive Krauts" antworten...
Allseits Gute Reise!
Und da man im Yosemite hinten beim Wasserfall keine Handtücher auslegt,
stellt man sich eben ans Geländer vom Aussichtspunkt, betrachtet in tiefer
Ehrfurcht für einen Moment die Natur, und diskutiert dann über die Anzahl
der Nationalparkjahreseintrittsplastikkärtchen die man gekauft hat, versus
hätte kaufen können, sollen, müssen... bis ebenfalls präsente Amis darauf
mit einem herausgepressten "god damn anal retentive Krauts" antworten...
Allseits Gute Reise!
Ich habe meine Reiseplanung wieder aufgenommen. Ich bin vom 31.10 (nachmittags) bis 03.11. in Las Vegas (also zwei volle Tage). Am 03.11. wollte ich weiter fahren zum Death Valley, hab dort eine Nacht in der Ranch gebucht. Am 04.11. wollte ich dann wieder zurück nach Las Vegas. Allerdings ist der letzte Direktflug nach San Francisco schon um 19:53. d.h. ich sollte schon früher da sein wegen der Mietwagenrückgabe usw.. Reicht die Zeit im Death Valley ? Ich wollte eigentlich nicht nochmal eine Nacht Las Vegas verbringen. Während der Fahrt steuere ich schon die Sehenswürdigkeiten an.
Sollte meiner Meinung nach für das Standardprogramm ausreichen. Viele machen Death Valley auch nur an einen Tag.
yup, Anfahrt, Sonnenuntergang, Nacht (draussen: warm, drinnen: laute Klima-Anlage), Sonnenaufgang, Abfahrt – passt
aber habe einen Alternativplan – El Nino Jahr – wer weiss, was fuer unerwarteter Regen kommt [keine Panik, nur ein entfernter Plan B]
aber habe einen Alternativplan – El Nino Jahr – wer weiss, was fuer unerwarteter Regen kommt
[keine Panik, nur ein entfernter Plan B]
Im Vielflieger-Jargon: "If a Space Shuttle mission were underway right now, then its landing certainly wouldn't be planned for Edwards AFB."
"Death Valley National Park will partially close in anticipation of heavy rains and flooding from Hurricane Hilary. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch from Saturday, August 19 at 11:00 am and until Tuesday, August 22 at 5:00 am.
Campgrounds, Furnace Creek Visitor Center, North Highway, and Badwater Road will close starting Saturday."