Getting Here

We offer a shuttle service to and from Fresno Yosemite International Airport on July 31^st and August 13^th. This service costs $40 each way ($80 return).

Our nearest Amtrak station is Merced. From there, you can get the YARTS bus to Yosemite Valley, where we can meet you and take you to our campus at Crane Flat.

If you’re planning to drive, visit send us an email so that we can help you arrange carpooling with other participants. Here are some driving directions:

 

Enter the park via Highway 120

Expect a 4.5 to 5.5 hour drive from San Francisco

In stormy weather consider using Highway 140

 

Enter the park via Highway 41 from Fresno

Expect an 8-hour drive from Los Angeles

In stormy weather, consider using Highway 140

 

Enter the park via Highway 120

Be sure to call the National Park Service at (209) 372-0200 for road and weather conditions before planning to use this route. It may be closed anytime, especially from November to May

 

Enter the park via Highway 140 from Merced

Expect a 4 to 5 hour drive from Montere

 

Present your gate pass (you will receive this in the mail prior to your trip) at the park entrance to waive the park entrance fee.  Tell the Rangers at the gate that you are going to Yosemite Institute’s Crane Flat campus (not Yosemite Valley) and they will direct you. Our Crane Flat campus is on Highway 120, about 1 mile east of the Crane Flat gas station. Here is a map of the park showing the location: