Winter Rite of Passage: Tioga Pass Prognosticator #12

[Southwest Dave]

The latest official closing date recorded on the Yosemite site [started in 1980] stands at December 11 1995.

I'm gonna take a second guess that would break that record and gonna say;

December 12th @ 4pm.

Any takers ? [At least it'll keep the game alive]

I won't be happy if it's December 2nd as I considered this at the outset, in keeping with Birthdays etc. It's our Anniversary, but I felt 'way back then' when I first took a shot at it, that it would be too late !

[Mark Sedenquist]

So, I'll cover the over and under -- December 12th at 8:30 am

[Southwest Dave]

Are you sure that's not meant to say December 11th Mark ? Seeing as I 'claimed' the 12th already.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Nah, I was officially horning in on your "day" -- But you can mark me down for the 13th instead.

[Utahtea]

Tis Open !!

And I can't find anything in the forecasts to suggest it will close before next Wednesday. That would indeed see Tioga record a December closing date. That would also be the first time since 2007 and only the fourth time since 1980 !

However, we all know how quickly the weather can change so a huge snow storm on the 28th isn't out of the question. [PLEASE]

I'd love it to snow there on my birthday, Nov. 28th because we're going for the day! I see from the website that Tioga Pass is OPEN today. It wasn't a couple of days ago!

Can we still make predictions? If so, I'll take Dec. 4th if it's not taken.

[glc]

You can't pick that date - it has to be at least 15 days later than when you pick it.

I'm going to pick 12/14 at noon.

[CAnative]

Is this the first time people have made second guesses?

I'll take a second one too. Dec 15th at 3 pm and I haven't figured out how to ping the poll again.

[CalOldBlue]

Oh what the heck. If nobody else has, I'll take Christmas Day at 9am (about when I start constructing the 'traditional' breakfast burritos).

If somebody else has it, I'll toss another dart at the board.

[Mark Sedenquist]

...and I haven't figured out how to ping the poll again.

An oddity in the code is preventing us from pinging the poll. I've tried to unravel this bug... but I can't figure it out. So, your virtual ping counts now.

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Can we still make predictions? If so, I'll take Dec. 4th if it's not taken.

Utahtea, the 15-day rule (minimum time) still applies -- do the soonest from today that you could predict is the 12th...

Mark