As of 29-April -
Tioga plowing operations were halted due to wet slab avalanche activity at the South Fork avalanche zone. With freezing temperatures forecast, plowing ops are expected to resume today.
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by rhyang » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:03 pm
Tioga plowing operations were halted due to wet slab avalanche activity at the South Fork avalanche zone. With freezing temperatures forecast, plowing ops are expected to resume today.
by Steve Larson » Sun May 02, 2010 2:16 pm
by WML » Tue May 04, 2010 2:14 pm
by Marmaduke » Tue May 04, 2010 4:33 pm
WML wrote:Just got back from a ski tour into Tuolumne from the East.
As of yesterday afternoon, 120 was plowed to the Saddlebag Lake turnoff. Per the CalTrans employees we encountered, they do not anticipate the road to be opened to the Pass for traffic for another 2 weeks, maybe 3. They also mentioned that clearing the snow is the easy part, it's the rocks and pavement repairs that are a pain in the ass.
Inside the park, the plow crews are much more conservative, and there are easily ~4-5 feet of snow on the road near the Tuolumne ski hut. Per the winter ranger up there, it looks like they will have the road cleared but wait one to two weeks to open it due to rocks and other things that need to be cleared as well as more pavement maintenance. The park also doesn't like to open it early because of potential for ice on the road.
The general consensus between the ranger and CalTrans folks was we have about another month until it's open all the way through, provided no more storms come through.
by mrchad9 » Tue May 04, 2010 5:14 pm
WML wrote:The general consensus between the ranger and CalTrans folks was we have about another month until it's open all the way through, provided no more storms come through.
mrchad9 wrote:June 4
by Marmaduke » Tue May 04, 2010 5:29 pm
Neophiteat48 wrote:WML wrote:
As of yesterday afternoon, 120 was plowed to the Saddlebag Lake turnoff. Per the CalTrans employees we encountered, they do not anticipate the road to be opened to the Pass for traffic for another 2 weeks, maybe 3. quote]
My May 20th is looking pretty good then!![]()
by Marmaduke » Tue May 04, 2010 6:09 pm
butitsadryheat wrote:Another low pressure system is coming in next week. Not sure if it will dip low enough to affect it, but don't start counting chickens..
by WML » Tue May 04, 2010 6:44 pm
by Marmaduke » Tue May 04, 2010 7:33 pm
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