YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK–The National Park Service (NPS) is initiating a planning process for the Mist Trail Corridor at Yosemite National Park (YNP). It is one of YNP’s busiest and most popular trails, which attracts approximately 85,000 visitors annually. The park is considering a scope covering the route from Happy Isles, sections of the John Muir Trail, the stock trail, Little Yosemite Valley, Half Dome trail, and the Half Dome cables. The park aims to address safety, wayfinding, stewardship, and education and to improve amenities to support sustainable visitor use.
Yosemite National Park will kick off a 30-day civic engagement period to gather input on October 24, 2024. The NPS will hold a virtual meeting on November 13, 2024, to explain the planning process. Also, to share its reasons, outline the planning area’s scope, and discuss potential environmental concerns.
Feedback from this civic engagement period will refine the project’s scope, and develop a range of alternatives. It will ensure the gathering of all necessary information for the planning process. Further opportunities for public input will arise as plans evolve for the Mist Trail Corridor.
For more information on how to participate, please visit: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/MistTrailPlan.
