Bear Ridge Project

Campers in Yosemite National Park will be delighted to learn that they will be able to get LTE coverage in certain parts of the park. This new coverage is provided by Verizon Wireless. Connection speeds are expected to average between 10 to 15 Mbps. For now, Verizon is the only 4G provider in that area, but other Internet providers still offer slower 3G mobile data plans.

Please note that this coverage is not provided by park services, but rather directly by Verizon. Other ISPs have stated their intention to offer 4G in the park by years end.

Howdy campers! We have just begun a new round of fund raising. The goal is to raise enough capital to expand Internet service to all areas of Yosemite and some parts of Stanislaus and Inyo National Forests.

Many of the towers the Project will build are only cover portions of the parks that are used by the largest amounts of people. This includes all major trails and campgrounds. The towers will be built on or near existing structures so as to not take away from the beauty of the landscape.

Don't worry, in the more remote areas of the park, you will still be able to truly "rough it". Most of the wooded areas and large tracks of land have little no to coverage to speak of.

Currently, the 3 major wireless Internet service providers participating include AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, with additional support coming from American Tower. Our thanks go out to all of our corporate and private sponsors who have supported the Project in the past.

Due to issues involving corporate sponsorship, Kings Canyon, Stanislaus, and Inyo National Forests are still lacking in adequate high speed Internet service. In many areas of these parks, there is still no cell phone or mobile coverage of any type. We apologize for these delays and hope that the money issues which are slowing us down will be alleviated soon.

Yosemite, Sierra, and Sequoia all have at least 3G network coverage in areas that require wireless Internet, plus DSL speed in the primary hospice areas.