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Tuolumne Meadows and White Wolf Visitor Services to Open in Yosemite National Park
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Tuolumne Meadows Lodge, Grill and Store will open for the season on May 25;
White Wolf Lodge and other services are scheduled to open early June
Tuolumne Meadows and White Wolf Visitor Services to Open in Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park, CA – May 2012 / Hospitality 1ST / Delaware North Companies (DNC) Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, authorized concessioner for Yosemite National Park, announced Tuesday (May 15) that Tuolumne Meadows Lodge, General Store, and Grill will open for the season on Friday, May 25, 2012. The Tuolumne Meadows Sport Shop and the Tuolumne-based Yosemite Mountaineering School and Guide Service are scheduled to open Friday, June 1, 2012. White Wolf Lodge will open for the season on Friday, June 8, 2012 conditions permitting. The mild winter and early opening of the Tioga Road has allowed the earlier than expected openings of popular Tuolumne Meadows accommodations and services including Tuolumne Meadows Lodge and Grill.

“The National Park Service and Delaware North Companies worked closely to achieve an early opening date for High Sierra accommodations and services,” said DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite President Dan Jensen. “We are thankful for the effort from the National Park Service and are thrilled to offer access to services in Tuolumne Meadows so early this year. These early openings provide additional opportunities for people to enjoy Memorial Day Weekend in Yosemite and the beauty of the High Sierra.”
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Tuolumne Meadows and White Wolf Visitor Services to Open in Yosemite National Park
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Located in the largest sub-alpine meadow in the Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 8,775 feet, the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge features 69 tent cabins. The canvas-covered units are wood-framed on a cement platform and sleep up to four people. They are equipped with beds and linens, candles and a wood burning stove and wood. Central shower and restroom facilities are nearby. Tuolumne Meadows Lodge serves a hearty breakfast and dinner in a central dining tent beside the Tuolumne River. Menu options include a full range of breakfast options with a complete dinner menu selection of beef, chicken and vegetarian choices, salads, soups and special desserts. The mountaineering school, stable, gas station, post office, grill and grocery store are all located at Tuolumne Meadows.

White Wolf Lodge provides accommodations in 24 canvas tent cabins, which include beds with mattresses, linens and wood-burning stoves. Four cabins with private baths are also available. Breakfast and dinner are served in the White Wolf dining room and there is a small convenience store.

For more information about lodging and activities in Yosemite National Park or to make a reservation, visit www.YosemitePark.com or call 801-559-4949. Dinner-only reservations can be made at White Wolf Lodge and Tuolumne Meadows Lodge by calling 209-372-8416 and 209-372-8413 respectively. Join the conversation at Facebook.com/YosemitePark and Twitter.com/YosemiteDNC.

About Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts
Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts is an industry leader, providing Stewardship and Hospitality in Special Places (SM) with hotel, retail, food service, recreation and transportation operations at historic and scenic properties in North America and Australia. The company operates Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida; in Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Sequoia and Yosemite national parks, including The Ahwahnee and other Yosemite lodges; The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake in Ohio; Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; and in Niagara Falls State Park. The company also owns and operates Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite; Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa in British Columbia; the Park Gate Lodges at Yellowstone, which are the West Yellowstone Holiday Inn, Gray Wolf Inn and Suites and Yellowstone Park Hotel, all located at the park’s west gate in West Yellowstone, Mont.; and five luxury resorts in Australia: Lizard Island Resort, Heron Island Resort, Wilson Island Resort, Kings Canyon Resort and El Questro Homestead and Wilderness Park. To learn more about Delaware North Companies’ hospitality management expertise, visit www.DelawareNorth.com/parks-and-resorts-home.aspx.

About Delaware North Companies
Delaware North Companies is one of the world’s leading hospitality and food service companies. Its family of companies includes Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services, Delaware North Companies Sportservice, Delaware North Companies International and Delaware North Companies Boston, owner of TD Garden. Delaware North Companies is one of the largest and most admired privately held companies in the world with revenues exceeding $2.5 billion annually and 55,000 associates serving half a billion customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, visit www.DelawareNorth.com.

Media Contact:
Lisa Cesaro, Public Relations
DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, Inc.
209-372-1445
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Placement Dates: 05/17/12 – 07/17/12
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