zeke
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Post by zeke on Dec 3, 2021 15:06:07 GMT -8
There's going to be a lottery for early sales of campsites in the North Pines campground. Lottery application dates are Jan 18th thru Feb 6th. Selected applicants in the lottery will get an early purchase window. After the window, campsites will go on sale per the usual 5 months in advance. linkDetails on the How and When will appear on the linked pages as they are formulated (hammered out). |
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Dec 3, 2021 20:42:10 GMT -8
Thanks! I’d just seen their fb post, it seems it’s a test using their peak for that one campground with a limited number of reservations. The timing of submissions is an oblique approach. If you succeed with the lottery you get a starting time window, one of s series across the pre application timeframe to select from remaining availability.
One of the complaints they mention they’re trying to address isn’t getting met: computer literacy lol. This involved more interaction: but it does reduce the slope of the playing field as the limited number appear to have the entire (?) peak season to choose from in the early access period.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Dec 4, 2021 17:10:59 GMT -8
Of course the crap storm that’s greeted their announcement on Facebook has been ginormous.
ETA: Back of an envelope: 81 sites x 7 days x 8 weeks is 4536 site days.
640 reservations x 7 days is 4,480.
SO if each reservation is for a family week vacation versus the overall park average stay (iirc) of 3 days then the crap storm when the normal reservation window opens and for that entire peak period North Pines has 56 whole site days for everyone else? Oh. My. Not enough popcorn in the universe…
Oh and 2022 all of Tuolumne Meadows CG starts it’s two year plus closure for rebuilding. That’s 304 sites gone. 50% reservable.
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