Originally Posted By TomD

BTW, I made the mistake of making a pay phone call from the ski lodge at Badger Pass in Yosemite. A five minute call cost me $20. There is cel coverage in the Valley, but not once you leave the Valley, at least there was none a couple of years ago. It may be better now.


The cell tower on Glacier Point gives ATT and Verizon phones good coverage in the valley and on the tops of high points along the Merced River, ie Half Dome, Clouds Rest, Moraine Dome...

The cell tower near the ranger station in Tuolumne Meadows is attached to a land line that's run all the way down to the valley floor, and it works, sort of. A few bars here and there. I was sleeping in a hammock in the campground when I got a SAR callout at 2 am, after not having any service most of the day.

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