Tioga Pass opening date

[fishmonger]

plows have met - kind of a railroad crosses the continent event:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 1&comments" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


kinda deep in some areas:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 5446168746" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[rlown]

got an email from the one of the web guys who updates the page. He said the page will probably not be updated again until they have an estimated opening date..

Not sure I'd want to be one of the first to have to get gas from that gas station.

[Wandering Daisy]

Well, let's see! Still speculation. Did your "inside information ranger" say anything about parking? Will we be able to park at all trailhead parking spaces when it opens? Will the White Wolf road also be open?

[maverick]

WD wrote "Will the White Wolf road also be open?"

White Wolf road opens later.
I have been to Pate from WW when Tioga was open, but the road was still gated
for several more weeks.

[rlown]

for those that didn't see the meeting of the plows in fishmonger's facebook reference, I thought I'd grab it from the Yose page and repost it here.

[BSquared]

Here's another view of the same event:

[fishmonger]

and since you all can't get enough of the road clearning info - here's an LA Times article about it

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... 6961.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

with a nice video and lots of pictures

[rlown]

thanks for posting that. Dozer driver sounds like a fun, yet scary job, esp if you have to move 9' off the pack before the plows can get going. Now, we wait...

[rlown]

well, they updated the page:

This page will not be updated until new information is available.
The Tioga Road has been partly plowed for its entire length. Now, road crews are working to remove snow from the entire width of the road and plow turnouts and side roads. In addition, road crews will be removing rockslides and redirecting snowmelt across the road to reduce icy road conditions. Finally, Olmsted Point is still unsafe due to avalanche danger.

Beginning Friday, June 10, the Tioga Road will be open to bicycles from Crane Flat to Olmsted Point. There will be no access beyond Olmsted Point due to the avalanche zone just east of Olmsted Point. From the east, the road is open to bikes from US 395 to the west end of Tuolumne Meadows. It will be signed accordingly. Please be on the lookout for debris falling into the road and administrative vehicles travelling back and forth.

[Mike M.]

They are very, very close. An LA Times article (in yesterday's paper?) about the plowing effort hints the road may open as early as next week. Avalanche danger near Olmstead Point appears to be the the crux.

Bottom line today: open to bicycles from the west all the way to Olmstead Point and from the east all the way to Tuolumne Meadows.

Mike