Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp
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Glen Aulin
Glen Aulin is a segment of the Tuolumne River valley, upriver from the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, approximately long. It is located at , at an elevation of approximately .Glen Aulin is home to the Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp....
next to the Tuolumne River
Tuolumne River
The Tuolumne River is a California river that flows nearly from the central Sierra Nevada to the San Joaquin River in the Central Valley...
in Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain...
in California
California
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, in the Sierra Nevada. The camp is located along the Tuolumne River at an elevation of approximately 7800 feet (2,377.4 m). The High Sierra camps are only open during the summer months (snowmelt
Snowmelt
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permitting - some years they have not even opened) and reservations and National Park Service
National Park Service
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wilderness permits are required for their use.
Reservations
The High Sierra Camps accept reservation requests (once a year though an online application and processed in a lotteryLottery
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...
process) for accommodations in tent cabins
Tent
A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope. While smaller tents may be free-standing or attached to the ground, large tents are usually anchored using guy ropes tied to stakes or tent pegs...
(which includes a community-style breakfast and dinner). Each camp also has a number of "meals-only" reservations available each day (up to six, depending on the camp's size) which are apportioned in the same lottery. Meals-only campers bring their own tents and equipment and sleep in the backpacker
Backpacking (wilderness)
Backpacking combines the activities of hiking and camping for an overnight stay in backcountry wilderness...
s' campground which adjoins each High Sierra
High Sierra
High Sierra is an early heist film and film noir written by W.R. Burnett and John Huston from the novel by Burnett. The movie features Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart and was directed by Raoul Walsh on location at Whitney Portal, halfway up Mount Whitney.The screenplay was co-written by Bogart's...
Camp, but take their meals with the HSC residents. The lottery is conducted by mail, though it's sometimes possible to obtain last-minute reservations if you call after the lottery has been completed or during the summer.