Tioga Pass Prognosticator #17

[Mark Sedenquist]

Still streaming along!

Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
Captured at about 8:30 am PDT on April 10th

A tad windy there now!

Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
Captured at about 3:40 pm PDT on April 10th

[Mark Sedenquist]

Less windy this morning -- falls are still thundering!

Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
Captured at 9:02 am PDT.

[Lifemagician]

Why don't you just go? It is obvious you are longing to be there.

Lifey

[Mark Sedenquist]

Lifey,

To whom were you addressing your comment?

If to me -- not so much -- Work has a much higher priority at the moment! I just like documenting the flows.

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Still creating spray!

Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
Captured at 1:02 pm PDT.

High country is looking drier...

Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
Captured at 1:12 pm PDT.

Hard to remember that the "bump" was still there only a few days ago...

Wow, look at the up-canyon breezes pushing that water spray back up the cliff. And I'm, seeing ice again -- all of that seemed gone yesterday...

Hmmm. Maybe not. Just looked again -- that's just whitewater! Heavy flow!

Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
Captured at 4:50 pm PDT.

[glc]

The Yosemite NPS.GOV site says Glacier Point is opening Monday (4/14) at noon.

[Southwest Dave]

That would be the earliest recorded opening since they started listing Glacier Point road opening and closing dates in 1995, the previous record was set in 2012 when it opened on April 20th. That year Tioga opened on May 7th. In 1988 Tioga opened in April to record the earliest and only April opening since Yoemite NP began recording dates in 1980.

I have seen pictures of bare tarmac along the Tioga already and it's pointing to an early opening unless a late onslaught of storms arrive, another record breaker perhaps.

Dave.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Wow, can you imagine that view with the waterfalls in full flow? That will be a great sight!

Yeah, it's looking to be an earlier-than-normal opening date for TPP...

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Sunday, April 13th at around 1:35 pm

Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
Captured at about 1:35 pm PDT on April 10th

[Southwest Dave]

The Glacier point road has been confirmed open and work on the Tioga pass starts today. The weather looks very nice and going by the flow of those falls the snow is melting fast !

I have also read that the projected opening date [weather dependent] for Sonora Pass [Highway 108] is for April 20th which which would be the earliest recorded on CA.gov. Monitor Pass [Highway 89] is open and has been since Jan 13th, it usually opens sometime in April !!

Dave.