The Ahwahnee Hotel (briefly called the Majestic Yosemite Hotel up until recently) is the premier venue in Yosemite if you're going to have a full, traditional style wedding. Their wedding lawn has several iconic backdrops to choose from - the apple tree framing Yosemite falls, the historic hotel itself, or Glacier Point towering over everything. It's 360 degrees of amazingness! If the weather is a little too wet for your tastes, there's also the east portico to take shelter under with the grand, towering stone walls of the Ahwahnee supplying the drama. The Solarium, the Winter Club Room and the Mural Room supply elegant settings for different sizes of receptions and can be scaled to fit small to large guest lists. For smaller,

Glacier Point offers some of the most spectacular views in the park by far. It's accessible from late May/June through October/November (typically after Memorial Day and until the first significant snow of the winter), but it offers space for larger weddings in the amphitheater (June and September only) as well as small intimate weddings and elopements in many out of the way areas. While it's a heavily trafficked location, with someone in-the-know to guide you it's easy to find some solitude (I'm that guy!). Timing is the most important factor here. Sunrise is absolutely glorious as the sun pops up from behind Half Dome, and if you can handle the early morning preparations, a weekday ceremony at sunrise offers the most amazing of