Tioga Pass Prognosticator 37. Spring opening competition!

[Mark Sedenquist]

should help maintain water levels at Mono lake.

Here's a bit more about the efforts to add more water to Mono Lake.

Beautiful waterfall photo. I would love to drive the Sonora Pass Road today -- so many waterfalls visible from the road this time of year.

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Melting, Melting quickly.



Photo provided by and courtesy of The Yosemite Conservancy

April 11th at 08:05 am PDT

[Southwest Dave]

Winter has not surrendered just yet and has made a bit of a comeback for the weekend!

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12
inches with isolated heavier amounts possible. Winds gusting
as high as 55 mph.

* WHERE...Sierra Nevada from Yosemite National Park to northern
portions of Kern County at elevations above 6,000 feet.

* WHEN...From 11 AM to 11 PM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. Strong winds could
cause tree damage.

We could well see the crews out next week to begin the plowing effort, weather permitting!

Dave

[Mark Sedenquist]

Snowing again!



Photo provided by and courtesy of The Yosemite Conservancy

April 13th at 05:35 pm PDT


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April 14th at 08:35 am PDT

[Mark Sedenquist]

Beautiful day again.



Photo provided by and courtesy of The Yosemite Conservancy

April 16th at 11:04 am PDT



Even more human activity today!

April 17th at 1:24 pm PDT

[Tom_H007]

The Tioga Pass entrance is described at https://www.nps.gov/places/000/tioga-pass-entrance.htm. The live webcam appears to be no longer operating.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Melt is back underway. Kind of amazing how fast the snow level is changing up there.




Photo provided by and courtesy of The Yosemite Conservancy

April 19th at 08:34 am PDT

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Dirty snow provided by The Yosemite Conservancy

April 20th at 8:35 am PDT

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April 22nd at 10:58 am PDT

[Southwest Dave]

A little fresh snow today, which is only expected to add a couple of inches of the white stuff. The Plow crews have been busy the last week or so, and have managed to Plow 17 miles of road and are now located just West of Yosemite creek. There is still an avalanche risk in force along this stretch of road. The Avalanche crews are at Olmstead point, where the snow is said to be soft and melting away, and nowhere near as icy as last year, but Avalanche risk remains in the area.
So far, the Facilities management staff have not been able to access Tuolumne Meadows to assess the situation there and begin preparing visitor services.

Sentinel webcam today.


The crews continuing to Plow on with their work.


In other news. Crews have plowed the length of Glacier Point Road and are working on snow removal from parking lots, the campground, paved trails and front of buildings. There is still no news on an opening date.

Dave

[Southwest Dave]

As we step into May this image from the High Sierra webcam shows just how quickly the snow is melting away! It looks as though there will be some fresh snow over the weekend, but it's unlikely to amount to much.



Dave

[Mark Sedenquist]

Yeah, it truly amazing how fast it is melting.



Provided by The Yosemite Conservancy
May 2nd at 12:07 pm PDT