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Never seen these kinds of shadows before -- sort of neat...
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(Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy) February 5th @ 10:30 am PST
Look how fast the snow has melted from the larger hump of day or so ago!
Mark
The snow is still melting away as the temperature rises, but the forecast is for another snow storm to hit the Sierra's mid-week, perhaps producing up to 12 inches of new snow on the ground.
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Dave.
A little more on top as per your request...
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(Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy.) February 18th at 2:15 pm PST
What a stunning image that is ! Reports suggest that there is 60 inches of snow depth in Tuolumne meadows right now !
Dave.
Snow is melting, melting again!
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(Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy) February 25th @ 8:30 am PST
Does anyone know how the snowpack is compared to an average year? Im planning on driving the tioga pass heading from yosemite towards mammoth lakes on June 2. Im getting a little worried its not going to be open so i might need to look into an alternate route.
As you can see, we have a contest going about the opening of Tioga Pass. June 2nd is iffy at best. I can tell you, I've been to Yosemite 3 or 4 times in my lifetime and have yet to be able to drive across the pass. One of those visits was at the end of June one year and my dad was so bummed not to be able to drive it. (I was a kid back then.)
If it's not open, you only have two choices - cross to the north, or cross to the south.
Donna
Whereas the snow pack has a lot to do with the opening date, so does the CA budget. I have read where they delayed the opening to safe money on road crew operations.
Lifey
Put simply, you are not going to know when it will open, pretty much, up to the time it is announced. The February 1st snow survey results figures show the Tuolumne drainage at about 124% of average, similar to 2010 when the pass opened June 5th. The above average temperatures for February have since returned and whether or not that's the pattern, or we see late winter storms, is anyone's guess.
Watch this space !
Okay thanks guys, i appreciate the info.