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srbphoto
22-Jan-2010, 11:18
Even 140:eek: Good times, good times:)



http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm

srbphoto
22-Jan-2010, 11:23
The wecam shot looks nice.

http://www.yosemite.org/129/Web-Cam-View.htm

dsphotog
22-Jan-2010, 14:03
Sounds like 120 is closed over Tioga Pass, not the entry from Sonora.

Always call before mountain travel in Winter.

srbphoto
22-Jan-2010, 15:02
If you look at the link I posted, ALL roads are closed. 120 over Tioga Pass has been closed for a while (it usually closes late Oct., early Nov). The entry from Sonora on 120 and is listed as Big Oak Flat Rd (120 heads east at Crane Flat). Even 140 (from Mariposa) is closed. That doesn't happen a lot.

dsphotog
22-Jan-2010, 15:19
I stand corrected!
Thanks Scott!
I called to verify.... Damn this would be a great weekend to be there.

Drew Wiley
22-Jan-2010, 16:23
Looks like I won't be driving up to my place this weekend. Dakotah - studded tires are
not the custom here. Bad for the asphalt they say. Chains are probably safer anyway.
It's a Looooong ways to ski into Yosemite via the roads, which will probably open in a
few days anyway. Sometimes people ski in over Tioga in winter (but too avalanche
prone now!)

Harley Goldman
22-Jan-2010, 16:34
Most of the roads reopened a little while ago, according to the park website.

Hugh Sakols
22-Jan-2010, 18:46
The roads into the valley all closed because last nights wet heavy snow started bringing down trees. It should be quite spectacular after they clear the trees. Actually there wasn't that much snow that fell at valley level - just wet and heavy.

srbphoto
22-Jan-2010, 19:11
Check out these pictures from Mammoth. The Eastside got buried!

The left picture is the Chart House! The right is old Mammoth Rd (just past the Chart House). The hotel is the Sierra Nevada Lodge.

Photo credits: Cragman

tgtaylor
22-Jan-2010, 19:35
The Chart House. Isn't that where Kit Carson's daughter was buried?

Tori Nelson
22-Jan-2010, 22:55
Fantastic pictures, they really give you a good idea of scale!!!! Thanks for posting!

SamReeves
23-Jan-2010, 14:39
Wait until all that melts in April. Good times…err, get away from the rockslides! ;)

John Kasaian
24-Jan-2010, 09:09
I haven't seen what Yoseinte is reporting but Huntington Lake got 11 feet of the fluffy white stuff! There is also a lot of ice on those mountain roads though, so be careful out there!

sidmac
24-Jan-2010, 15:41
John you made your Colorado trip at the right time Silverton has been snow bound for the last week. Wolf Creek Pass near hear was closed on and off for about 3 days because of deep snow and avalanche danger. I had 28 ins. in two days here in Pagosa Springs. Hope your ice shots turned out well.