Tioga Pass Prognosticator #17

I thought the opening would come this week and it's looking as though George Carey [member name glc] is our second double winner of the Tioga Pass Prognosticator and was actually the last person to select a winning date in the Spring 2013 competition. [There was no champ for the Winter 2013 competition.]

We will have to wait to confirm the opening as it's not going to happen until Noon tomorrow, but it has been announced and is on the official Opening / closure page and seems a certainty. George guessed May 2nd @ 8am, only 4 hours out.

Sheriff Dave.

Whoa! Is this the earliest ever?

Wow, I bet the waterfalls along the highway are awesome now.

Mark

FWIW according to the National Park Service records the earliest re-opening in recent years was 29-Apr-1988.

Since Yosemite NP started to keep records in 1980, the earliest recorded opening was on April 29 1988 with this years opening being tied in second place with the 1987 opening, May 2nd. If we look further back using the Mono Basin digital library records there were three April openings in the 1970's including the earliest ever recording on April 8 1977.

Dave.

The Tioga Pass is open !!

The official date and opening time is May 2nd @ Noon and George Carey [glc] holds onto his TPPC crown at least until the 2014 winter closing after predicting it would open on said date at 8am. Congratulations George and enjoy your tank of gas !

I sure hope many of you get to drive this great road during the season !

Dave.

Fast melt: Compare this photo with the one that Dave posted last Saturday!
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...l-05-02-14.jpg
Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
Captured on May 2nd at about 5:55 pm PDT

Congratulations George!

Nice job becoming a Two-peat TPP!

Mark

Couldn't have happened to a nicer person.

Lifey

Congrats, George, on two wins in a row! Wow!


Donna

Congratulations on continuing winning predictions.

Jessica

Thank you all!