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    Heads up! The bridge on 120 (Tioga Pass road) to close for repairs

    If you're heading into Yosemite from the West on 120---the Tioga Pass road--- the James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge will be closed for repairs off and on after the 4th of July through November 2017 so expect delays. In October the bridge will be closed Sunday through Thursday from 5:00PM to 7:00AM when the decking will be replaced. La Grange, Bonds Flat and Jacksonville roads can be used as detours around the bridge---check with Caltrans if you're headed that way.
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    Re: Heads up! The bridge on 120 (Tioga Pass road) to close for repairs

    How come you are posting this and not Drew? I thought he knew everything in California before it happened?

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    Re: Heads up! The bridge on 120 (Tioga Pass road) to close for repairs

    Thanks for the heads up. I'll be heading down the pass from the east side in a week or so.

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    Re: Heads up! The bridge on 120 (Tioga Pass road) to close for repairs

    Quote Originally Posted by Willie View Post
    How come you are posting this and not Drew? I thought he knew everything in California before it happened?
    I'm relying on Drew to recommend a filter for brown evergreens. We've got a ton of dead trees in the Sierra this summer, weakened by the drought and given the coup d grace by the beetles.
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    Re: Heads up! The bridge on 120 (Tioga Pass road) to close for repairs

    Quote Originally Posted by Willie View Post
    How come you are posting this and not Drew? I thought he knew everything in California before it happened?
    And after too. :-)

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    Re: Heads up! The bridge on 120 (Tioga Pass road) to close for repairs

    Quote Originally Posted by Willie View Post
    How come you are posting this and not Drew? I thought he knew everything in California before it happened?
    Quote Originally Posted by rich815 View Post
    And after too. :-)
    Not just California either, Nevada and cowboys also.

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    Re: Heads up! The bridge on 120 (Tioga Pass road) to close for repairs

    Don't get me started on beetles. I've got a topo map of the San Juans in Colorado on my desk right now, just in case my backpacking options in the Sierra get smoked out next month. Of course, fires could start there too, and sure did around a decade ago. Friday I had a fellow visiting from Leavenworth, WA, and I asked him about snow conditions in the Enchantments and the beetle issues there. They've had a lot of severe fires, so he sold his place in town and permanently moved uphill to where its moister, but now wants to sell that too due to fire risk from dead pine patches. It's one thing Tonopah doesn't have to worry about, though the whole town does look like a nuke went off a little too close to the city limits. Nothing left for the beetles.

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