Please visit Caltrans and Yosemite National Park for road conditions. 

As of February 18, 2026, Yosemite National Park has announce that it will no longer use a timed reservation system in 2026. You can find additional information about this decision at: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/reservations.htm

Visitors are encouraged to purchase their park entrance in advance of arriving to the entrance gate. Please go to Recreation.gov or if you use the recreation.gov app, search Yosemite National Park and click on buy pass. Purchasing the entrance fee in advance helps everyone move faster through the entrance gate, but make sure you still stop and get a map of the park at the entrance gate on your way in.

Without a reservation system in place, Yosemite will broaden its use of operational strategies the proved effective in the 2025 season. These include: 

• Real-time traffic monitoring to identify and respond quickly to congestion hotspots.
• Active parking management in Yosemite Valley to maximize available capacity.
• Additional staffing at key intersections and decision points during peak periods.
• Improved visitor information through road condition alerts, congestion warnings and trip-planning tools.
• Expanded guidance encouraging weekday visitation, when parking and traffic conditions are more favorable.
• Promoting recreation outside Yosemite Valley, including Tuolumne Meadows, Wawona, Hetch Hetchy and other high-quality destinations across the park.

Visitors traveling in 2026 are encouraged to:

• Plan visits early, especially for weekends and holiday periods.
• Consider weekday trips for lower congestion and greater parking availability.
• Explore options for hiking, sightseeing and recreation outside Yosemite Valley.
• Check the park website for real-time conditions, seasonal updates and trip-planning tools.