Tioga Pass Prognosticator #3

[Mark Sedenquist]

June 15, 11:55 pm, no doubt about it : )

That is mighty specific -- I doubt our friends at CalTrans will be able to narrow it down that close.... Actually, the snow pack in the Sierras is alarmingly light this year -- it could be the earliest opening on record....

Thanks for your prediction!

Mark

[cool]

This has been an exceptionally low season for snow & rain in CA, but maybe its just a late season. Usually open by memorial day(on an average), this time I predict it June 13th. My first choice though was 12th. Already picked. Never mind!

[lhuff]

I have no idea what we're really talking about but I'll put the sucker bet on May 15th. That's just because it's been in the 70s and some 80s around here this week. So I'll guess that they'll have some warm spells too and melt the snow faster.

[maggieslp]

May 29th, if we are going with birthdays...

[Mark Sedenquist]

This has been an exceptionally low season for snow & rain in CA,

Cool, I think the snow gods heard you! It is snowing hard in the Sierras today! So, who know when the pass will open now?

Mark

[JF2CBR]

June 4th!!

[cool]

It snowed it bay area too, Mark! Mt.Diablo & even the local mountains received some snow.
Snow is much needed here in CA. It is raining a lot in bay area too!
Guess we got the Seattle fever :-)

cool

[kalipol]

We are in the US early May and are going to drive from Las Vegas to San Francisco, I doubt tht the pass will be open, but being the optimistic type of guy that I am, I'm going to predict it will open on the 5th May. If it does I will be one of the first to use it in 2007

[Mark Sedenquist]

I'm going to predict it will open on the 5th May. If it does I will be one of the first to use it in 2007

I was one of the first over Sonora Pass last May, so maybe you will have Tioga's number this year1

Mark

[Kinless]

If it's not too late to guess, I'm going to say May 10th.

I'm going on a Utah roadtrip in mid-May 2007 and on the way back I plan on going over this pass, so it's more of a hopeful wish than a guess.

Still, snowfall in that area hasn't been this sparse since 1988, and they opened the road April 29th back then, so I'll give them a few more days leeway this year.