Yet another one Yosemite camping question

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pell

Trad climber

Sunnyvale

Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 8, 2013 - 04:27am PT

1. I bring a portaledge to some random Yosemite crack.
2. Did some moves up the crack.
3. Build a climbing anchor.
4. Install my portaledge a couple feet of the ground.
5. Come to sleep in my "big wall" bivy.

Is it legal?

Technically I do not camp in the Yosemite valley - I'm off the Yosemite ground (by two feet or so).

And the second question. Is it "good" to portaledge camp at the first anchor (e.g., after running up the first pitch of Salathe Wall)?

For sure, I'm not gonna block anybody and will clean up my bivy *very* early in the morning. I'm just exploring my options to climb in the valley as much as possible this summer. Certainly, all campgrounds are sold out.

Studly

Trad climber

Apr 8, 2013 - 04:32am PT

Try it and see how big a ticket you can get.

On-Site Flasher 69

Sport climber

Riverside

Apr 8, 2013 - 04:34am PT

Yer
Gunna
Die.

Big Mike

Trad climber

Apr 8, 2013 - 04:38am PT

Hanging at the base of El Cap ain't so cool when a huge tv sized rock comes flying at you. Been there. No fun.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Apr 8, 2013 - 04:41am PT

Why?

Clint Cummins

Trad climber

SF Bay area, CA

Apr 8, 2013 - 04:44am PT

In the summer, you won't want to be in the Valley anyway, because it will be too hot. You will want to be in the Meadows (or somewhere like Tahoe, Southern Yosemite, etc.). In the Meadows you can simply drive out of the park each night. You can do the same thing in the Valley; it's less expensive to pay for the gas to drive out/in than a campground spot, too.

I'm assuming you have a car and an $80 National Parks Pass or a Yosemite annual pass.

One pitch up the Salathe' is a bad place to bivvy, because people get up early and do that pitch as part of the Free Blast.

Technically it is not legal to camp 2 feet off the ground (outside a campground), unless you have a wilderness permit.
The permit requirement is just not usually enforced up on El Cap.
It might be enforced if you are only 2 feet off the ground.
Also not legal if you have food with you, because the food won't be stored safely away from bears.