The entrance station is right on the Tuolumne/Mono county line, right? The Caltrans site still says the same thing - that tells me that Caltrans has given up on the road outside of the park.
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The entrance station is right on the Tuolumne/Mono county line, right? The Caltrans site still says the same thing - that tells me that Caltrans has given up on the road outside of the park.
Yeah, but CalTrans isn't the designee for the determining the official close of the road for the purposes of the Tioga Pass Prognosticators..
Mark
I realize that. Just saying that in my opinion, it's not reopening till spring.
Nice weather today... if you're a polar bear
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...l_11-28-12.jpg
Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
The snow is already starting to lay and with storms producing up to 20 inches of new snow by the weekend it looks as though it's game over. Accompanied by gusty winds of up to 65mph, it's not gonna be nice up there !
We await an official verdict before any call can be made. As it stands it looks as though the official closing date would be around the 8/9th November. It doesn't looks as though anyone got close to that date.
Dave.
One of my colleagues was up at Yosemite for the Thanksgiving week, with his family. They wanted to take Tioga Road and were told "Nope, it's closed for the season!" by the ranger.
He was still trying to remember when the ranger told him that, but it doesn't matter anyway -- he didn't have the date when it actually "closed for the season".
Donna
No sign of an official announcement confirming the date of closure as yet.
The chances of it reopening are getting slimmer by the day.
Latest image from Sentinel dome.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...Novenber29.jpg
With these conditions and this forecast, I'm convinced it's done for!
The forecast just a little further west past the entry station reports there could be an extra 10 inches of snow layed down on Sunday, meaning a possible 19inches in a day !!
Weather report. [link might be 'live' and updated]
Quote:
Sunday Snow showers. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 37. Breezy, with a south southwest wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 13 to 19 inches possible.
Did you see those wind gusts up to 100 mph in the forecast? Yikes!