Yosemite Lodge at the Falls facts for kids
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| Location |  Yosemite Village, California,  United States |
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| Management | Yosemite Hospitality, LLC (affiliate of Aramark) |
| No. of restaurants | Yosemite Lodge Food Court Mountain Room Restaurant 'Mountain Room 'Bar |
| No. of rooms | 245 |
| No. of floors | 1-2, depending on building |
Yosemite Lodge at the Falls, often referred to informally within the Park as "The Lodge" is located in western Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. The lodging accommodation is close to Yosemite Falls.
The Lodge complex has a total of 245 rooms, located in a total of 15 separate buildings, including the main Lodge. Each offers from nine to thirty-one rooms. The Cedar Building is the only one to contain larger "family rooms". The buildings are named after species of flowers or trees.
The Lodge is the less expensive of the two options in the Yosemite Valley that offer hotel rooms. The other is Ahwahnee Hotel. Both of these are operated by concessionaires under contract to the National Park Service, which administers the Park. Since March 2016, the Lodge has been operated by Aramark.
The offerings of the Lodge complex were reduced by more than half following damage from the 100-year flood of January 1997, when the Merced River damaged or destroyed numerous cabins and more than 100 hotel rooms in other buildings.
History
The Lodge complex was built during the 1930s and the Great Depression, as a Works Progress Administration project under the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Originally operated by staff of the National Park Service, which has primary responsibility for administering the Park, the Lodge services were later contracted out to private concessionaires.
In 1992 Delaware North Parks and Resorts made the winning bid for primary concessions and was awarded management of Yosemite Lodge by the National Park Service, the federal agency with legislative authority for administering the Park.
In January 1997, during a 100-year flood of the nearby Merced River, some 189 cabins and 108 hotel rooms of the Lodge were destroyed or badly damaged as a result. The Lodge complex lost 54% of its total capacity of 546 rooms by this.
Delaware North was replaced as concessionaire by Aramark, on March 1, 2016. During a copyright dispute between Delaware North and the National Park Service later that year, NPS renamed Yosemite Lodge at the Falls as Yosemite Valley Lodge, along with several related properties.
After settlement of the dispute in 2019, NPS restored the historical names of the Lodge and other attractions in the Park.
List of buildings
Each building has a different decor and a different layout; some have exterior corridors; some have interior ones.
Geographically, from east to west they are the following:
- 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)
Amenities
- Outdoor pool (seasonal)
- Bike rentals (seasonal)
- Tour Desk
- Dining
- Heating in winter
- Free Wifi
- Free Parking
- Accessible
- Bar
- Conference rooms
Dining
The Lodge contains two dining options, both available to all visitors in the Park:
- The Yosemite Lodge Cafeteria has low-priced, casual foods such as hamburgers, hot dogs, personal pizzas, and occasionally chicken, turkey, or fish items.
- The Mountain Room Restaurant offers finer dining. It has views of Yosemite Falls. Across the way, Mountain Room Lounge serves as a sports bar.
Tour and shuttle bus services
The Yosemite Valley Visitor Shuttle, which ferries tourists to popular features and hotels throughout the Valley, operates regularly from shuttle stop #8 at Yosemite Lodge.
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.
