If while you are there you need chains - meaning it is snowing- you might just consider taking YARTS

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I'm looking for suggestions on what type of car I should rent for my 4 days in Yosemite michelangelo hotel new york in April (17 - 20). We intend to spend the majority of our driving time between El Portal and Yosemite Valley (and then onto Monterey), but if other roads are open we will do add'l exploring. Do I need a 4WD SUV or can I get away with a mid-size car? The cost difference is significant enough - nearly double - that I don't want to "over-book" my car type.
Since you are going to be doing a lot of driving outside the Park, the mid-size (or economy) will be OK. When they close a road in Yosemite, they put up a ROAD CLOSED barricade usually with a pile of snow 5-8 feet high behind michelangelo hotel new york it. If you want to go hiking, snow shoes, a GPSr with lots of batteries and a backpack with the 10 essentials for survival should be with you. Rental car contracts do not allow you to put tire chains on their vehicles. Your rental car company michelangelo hotel new york will allow (and perhaps encourage) you to upgrade at the counter.
If while you are there you need chains - meaning it is snowing- michelangelo hotel new york you might just consider taking YARTS into yosemite and leave the driving to the experienced. michelangelo hotel new york If it's not snowing, you won't need chains.
michelangelo hotel new york According to Alamo, while they don't provide chains for rentals, they do allow customers to provide their own so long as they take all responsibility for damage to the vehicle as a result of the chains yadda yadda yadda. I think I'll go with the mid-size michelangelo hotel new york car and not sweat the chain issue for now, as we most likely won't need them if we're mainly sticking to the El Portal to Yosemite Valley drive. I was just thinking that we might need the chains if the road to Mariposa Grove is open but snowy/icy. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be able to snowshoe for 2 miles with the girls to see the "sequoiadendron giganteum" michelangelo hotel new york (thanks tomfuller) so if the road is open but NPS mandates chains I don't want that to be a problem - I'll line up a place to rent or buy in advance, just in case.