Yosemite National Park is proposing fee increases for overnight camping to help keep up with the rising costs of campground operations.
The additional revenue will allow Yosemite to better maintain facilities and enhance visitor services, officials said.
It will also go toward funding future renovation projects, including upgrades to restrooms and showers at Camp 4 Campground, restoring native plants at popular cultural resource sites, rehabilitating vault toilets park-wide and repairing and replacing signs throughout Yosemite.
Currently, 80% of the campground fees collected in the national park are retained by it, according to officials.
The proposed fee hikes were announced on June 9. They would impact Camp 4 Campground, family sites in reservation campgrounds, family sites in first-come, first-served campgrounds, primitive first-come, first-served campgrounds, group campsites, stock campsites, double sites and backpacker sites.
The largest fee increase would impact group campsites, which can accommodate up to 30 people. The price would jump $25, from $50 per site to $75 per site.
The smallest fee increase would be just $2, increasing backpacker campsite fees from $6 to $8.
Yosemite is accepting public comments on the proposed fee increases through July 10. A detailed list of the proposed fees, which are slated to take effect in October, can be found on the park’s website.
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