- Yosemite Lodge at the Falls
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Yosemite Lodge at the Falls Location 
Yosemite Village, California, 
United StatesAddress 9006 Yosemite Lodge Drive Hotel chain run by Delaware North Developer Yosemite National Park Management Delaware North Parks & Resorts, Yosemite Owner Delaware North Parks & Resorts, Yosemite Rooms 249 Restaurants Yosemite Lodge Cafeteria
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Garden TerraceFloors 1-2, depending on building Website Yosemite Lodge at DNC Parks & Resorts The Yosemite Lodge at the Falls (formerly simply "Yosemite Lodge", often known colloquially in Yosemite as just "The Lodge") is a lodging accommodation, in western Yosemite Village, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, located at 9006 Yosemite Lodge Drive.[1]
The Lodge is one of only two lodging options in the valley that encompasses only hotel rooms. The other is the Ahwahnee Hotel, and the two establishments compete for the large patronage that visitors to the park offer. While the Ahwahnee is the more high-scale of the two hotels, Yosemite Lodge is much less expensive and has a cozy, ski-lodge type atmosphere. Yosemite Lodge was renamed "Yosemite Lodge at the Falls" several years ago due to its location very close to Yosemite Falls.
Delaware North Parks and Resorts' 1992 winning bid for primary concessions led to the company's eventual acquisition of the management of Yosemite Lodge.
The Lodge has a total of 249 rooms. It is composed of 226 "lodge rooms", 19 "standard rooms", and 4 "family rooms."[2]
Instead of having every room in a single building, the rooms are spread out over a total of 15 separate buildings, each with anywhere from nine to thirty-six rooms. The Cedar Building is the only one of these buildings to contain the standard and family rooms. Each building has different decor and a different layout; some have exterior corridors, some have interior ones. The buildings are named after species of flowers or trees.
189 cabins and 108 hotel rooms were destroyed or badly damaged by the January 1997 flooding of the Merced River, which runs near the Lodge, meaning the Lodge had 546 rooms/cabins before the flooding and that 54% of lodging was ravaged.[3][4]
Contents
List of Buildings
Geographically, from east to west:[5]
- Tamarack (rooms 4121-4129)
- Dogwood (rooms 4111-4119)
- Aspen (rooms 4101-4109)
- Elderberry (rooms 4200-4229)
- Willow (rooms 4300-4325)
- Cottonwood (rooms 4400-4409)
- Manzanita (rooms 4500-4529)
- Cedar (rooms 3901-3927)
- Azalea (rooms 4600-4625)
- Birch (rooms 4700-4706)
- Alder (rooms 3601-3630)
- Maple (rooms 3501-3536)
- Hemlock (rooms 3401-3436)
- Juniper (rooms 3301-3330)
- Laurel (rooms 3201-3330)
Dining
The Lodge contains two dining options:
- The Yosemite Lodge Cafeteria has low-priced foods such as hamburgers, hot dogs, personal pizzas, and occasionally chicken, turkey, or fish items.
- The Mountain Room Restaurant offers the finest dining of the two restaurants. The adjoining Mountain Room Lounge includes a sports bar and stage with regular music performances. The Mountain Room Restaurant has unique views of Yosemite Falls.
Tour and Shuttle Bus Services
The Yosemite Valley Visitor Shuttle, which ferries tourists to certain destinations and hotels throughout the Valley, has shuttle stop #8 at Yosemite Lodge.[6]
YARTS (Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System) buses, offering service throughout Mono, Mariposa, and Merced Counties, occasionally make stops at the Lodge.
In winter, the Lodge is a hub for skiers going to the Badger Pass ski resort, and daily buses to Badger Pass stop at the Lodge.
See also
- Yosemite National Park
- Yosemite Valley
- Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS)
- Ahwahnee Hotel
References
- ^ http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&expIds=25657,25907,27642,27744,27937&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=yosemite+lodge+at+the+falls+map&cp=29&biw=800&bih=385&gbv=2&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
- ^ http://www.yosemitepark.com/Accommodations_YosemiteLodge_LodgingDetails.aspx
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1997_Merced_River_flood
- ^ "Yosemite: The 100-Year Flood" by Mark Goodin
- ^ http://www.yosemite.ca.us/maps/yosemite_lodge_map.jpg
- ^ http://www.yosemite.ca.us/maps/yosemite_valley_shuttle_bus_map_summer.png
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Yosemite National Park
- Hotels in California
- Buildings and structures in Mariposa County, California
- Visitor attractions in Mariposa County, California
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