montereybob

How good are the cell phone signals in Yosemite Valley?

spirobulldog

spotty,

I do remember talking to my mom while hiking The Mist Trail.

tomfuller

The only place I would count on getting signal would be at Tunnel View. http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/viewpoints.htm
Make sure the people who normally call you know that you are in Yosemite and may not be available. Call them back at them end of the day and tell them what a great day you had.

janisj

It REALLY depends on your carrier. (Tunnel View isn't better than other areas)

Verizon probably has the best coverage - not everywhere but pretty good. AT&T also has some. Most others - little or none. The YNP website may have updated info.

montereybob

Thanks for the info.

Suzie

I used my cell in the valley near Yosemite Lodge and Housekeeping. I have Verizon.

utahtea

We have Verizon and have been able to make calls in Yosemite Village in places and at the top of Vernal Falls.

Utahtea

Rebelfone_Inc

It depends on your carrier as well as your location at any given of time.

Shanti

I have AT&T and have gotten decent reception throughout a lot of the Valley - but only had reception when I was near Tuolumne Meadows Lodge when I was up in the high country.

Placename

It varies. Much less reception when up in the Tuolumne Meadows area- only in really open places like the meadow itself.

Surfergirl

Thanks for reminding me about this. Ugh, it's not been pretty over the years. It used to be, in the old analog days, the ONLY phones that would work were AT&T. We had T-Mobile at the time and got nada, zippo reception. We brought walkie talkies to communicate!

After that technology went out with the dinosaurs, AT&T's reception dropped to a distant third behind Verizon and Sprint. About the time we switched to AT&T.

Lately, since we still have AT&T, in the Valley we get sporadic moments of clarity and other moments where you want to throw the phone in the Merced.