Tioga Pass ride through - still have to pay entry fee?
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ThinkFast
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Looks like you do. $30/motorcycle. https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm
DonTom
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HadesOmega
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There is a way in that bypasses the toll booth, you have to take the more adventurous way in.
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Krooklyn
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There is a way in that bypasses the toll booth, you have to take the more adventurous way in.
Is that Summit Campground area?
cal scott
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There is a way in that bypasses the toll booth, you have to take the more adventurous way in.
Unless there is a similar adventurous way out at the Tioga Pass end you will pay on the way out
Krooklyn
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Unless there is a similar adventurous way out at the Tioga Pass end you will pay on the way out
Good point. They check your stub on the way out too. :thumbup
thepretender
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They hardly ever check on the way out, happens but only once in a while.Yearly pass is good for 2 bikes be glad to get you threw. I have a extra pass still good till the end of the month stop by in Mariposa and pick it up if that works better.
HadesOmega
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Bingo that's the one. You have to go in through Chowchilla Mountain Road in the south and take the forest roads. It's kinda confusing, I tried it one year in my KLR and I wound up near Fish Camp, the second year I headed north instead and it spits you out at the Wawona Golfcourse. There are some gates along the way also but none of them were closed so that might happen.
There is another way in through from the west also that takes you to through where the employees live been a while since I did it though. We rode it during the Yosemite Dual Sport Adventure ride.
I don't condone not paying to go into the park but I think you should be rewarded for taking the adventurous way in =P and if you are just passing through to get to the other side. I would have loved to ride over the sierras after the california BDR but Tioga pass was closed for a long time this year.
Also I didn't pay on the way out. If they stopped me I would just tell them the truth and say I rode in through a forest road.
Here's some more info from my NVBDR post
https://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9920063&postcount=13
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Krooklyn
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I think I see how you got there now. That's pretty awesome and if I had an ADV/DS bike I'd try that route too. :thumbup
That reminds me, my Garmin tried to route me down Old Tioga "road" off of Tioga Pass earlier in the summer (going west from 395). :laughing
I was like WTF - there's no road here! I looked it up after I got home and that "road" is not even maintained and is really not something you can even ride a MTB on.
Technically both riders have to sign the pass. National parks have always accepted my pass with a single signature for 2 bikes.
Sometimes when I'll be riding to an NP with an entrance booth, I wear high viz vest with clear ID pocket, and put the pass there. Lowers the chance they'll want me to hand it to them on the way out, and they told me if I have the back of the pass facing out, on the way in too.
OldMadBrit
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Why bother with 120 when 108 is far better, much less crowded, has higher speed limits and less enforcement.
We have been over both multiple times this year and came to the conclusion that 120 is pretty pointless, unless you actually need to get to somewhere inside the park or you like riding at 25-35 MPH behind herds of lost and confused tourists who are prone to stop and/or pull U-turns in random places.
We have been over both multiple times this year and came to the conclusion that 120 is pretty pointless, unless you actually need to get to somewhere inside the park or you like riding at 25-35 MPH behind herds of lost and confused tourists who are prone to stop and/or pull U-turns in random places.
Krooklyn
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It depends on what you're after. When I go to Yosemite I do one pass for the riding and the other pass for taking hikes, etc. within the park. You can't expect 120 to be anything more than it is; a highly trafficked road with access to some of the best hiking/nature spots around. If I weren't hiking or taking in the scenery then avoiding 120 would be advisable.
moto-rama
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If you live long enough, you can buy a lifetime National Park Senior Pass...
they raised the price from 10 bucks to 80, a couple of years ago, though. But still, all you have to do is not die and eventually you can buy one. Of course, you'll also have to stock up on advil, adult underwear, reading glasses and ride a bike suited for geezer. Maybe a Honda PCH or ....?
And OMB is right, Hwy 108 is much better than Tioga, or take Hwy4, which is even more fun than Sonora Pass.
they raised the price from 10 bucks to 80, a couple of years ago, though. But still, all you have to do is not die and eventually you can buy one. Of course, you'll also have to stock up on advil, adult underwear, reading glasses and ride a bike suited for geezer. Maybe a Honda PCH or ....?
And OMB is right, Hwy 108 is much better than Tioga, or take Hwy4, which is even more fun than Sonora Pass.
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Krooklyn
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Yeah, 4 & Monitor Pass are the best roads up there IMO for riding.