Spring Rite of Passage: Tioga Pass Prognosticator #11

[Southwest Dave]

Another weather front approaches with the potential to lay up to two feet of new snow on the pass!

* ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER WILL
ARRIVE IN THE SIERRA THIS EVENING AND IT WILL PERSIST INTO
WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO TWO FEET OR MORE OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE ABOVE 8000 FEET...10 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE HEAVY AT
TIMES WELL INTO WEDNESDAY.

[Southwest Dave]

Voting my birthday... again So, I'm declaring a vote for May 12th at 11:45 am....

-- Mark

I missed your date this time around ! Belated Birthday wishes to you Mark. [better late than never]

Go on, have another go as a late Birthday treat ! ;-) lol

[Utahtea]

I was on assignment for a client and one doesn't let any weather affect that. I actually drove until about 1:30 that morning -- It was Christmas Eve and I needed to be in Pasadena the next day. Here's the inside scoop on that trip! Complete with the hair blower description! (Although in Megan's telling of the story, my memory about the time of night must be a bit off). Oh well...It was dark and stormy and snowing and there was lightning!

Mark

That's why we only travel for fun and stop when things get bad! ;)

[exodus]

Hello all,

Good to be back searching again for when that back country opens up again. Last year we had a blast on our fishing trip (here some pictures: Fishing Trip 2010).

This year, I'm going to guess June 11th at 8:00am.

Here's hoping!

[Southwest Dave]

Hey Brian, welcome back. Great photo's !

The crews are making slow progress at the moment and the weather is not helping !

A rough guide to where they are at present.



The latest from the NPS.

[Lifemagician]

OK.... I relent.

Make it my twin sister's birthday - 13th June.

Lifey

[Mark Sedenquist]

This year, I'm going to guess June 11th at 8:00am.
Here's hoping!

Brian, nice to see you've tossed your hat back into the ring -- Maybe you'll be our first-ever Repeat winner of the TPP! Here's Brian filling up his tank on RTA's dime!

Given the conditions I just extended the time of the poll being open from June 25th to July 25th...

Mark

[Southwest Dave]

With settled weather meaning the road crews can concentrate on Tioga pass and not clearing other parts of the park, plus the Spring thaw makes for good progress at the moment.

They still have to combat snow depths of up to 15ft though ! The Mammoth mountain crews to the East are now only 3.8 miles from Tioga pass.

Glacier point is reportedly plowed, but additional work has to be carried out before opening.

NPS plow map and report here.

The Sentinel dome Webcam is back.

What a contrast to a few weeks ago ! [check out page 3 and 4 of this thread]

[Southwest Dave]

And the crews look to be making a massive effort in their quest to get Tioga pass open. Crews coming from the West are now working east of Olmsted Point, while coming from the East they are past Tuolumne meadows.

Info and map of plow positions.

[CAnative]

Glacier Point Road opened on Friday May 27th at noon and closed on Sat, remained closed Sunday and reopened after Monday morning when the sun came out. Rain, hail and snow mid-day in the valley -- much more at higher elevations.