Month: May 2006

Tioga road progress Ending location: At South Fork Bridge Snow depth: 8 Feet Very heavy snow pack, encountered 8 trees with average size of 18-24 inches. We are now at the first avalanche zone. We are expecting to plow through this first zone early in the morning. If the temps go up considerably, crews may…

Randy and his family just got back from Yosemite and sent me an awesome report on their trip. Here’s what Randy had to say: The waterfalls are flowing very well and are everywhere. Seasonal Stair Case falls behind Curry Village is putting on quite a show right now, as well as the small fall coming…

Looks like the road is going to be closed until atleast Tuesday because of the rockslide. If you were planning on entering the park this way it is recommended you take either the 41 entrance from the south or Highway 120 from San Francisco or the west. Technorati Tags: roads, travel, yosemite

Crews are have begun plowing the Tioga Road and the Glacier Point Road and it looks like they’re making pretty good headway so far. Tioga road progress May 1, 2006 – Crews made it to Gin Flat. Snow depth is approximately 5 feet and the snow is very wet and heavy. Glacier Point road was…

If you’re headed up to the Park please be careful around all rivers and streams. The snowpack is melting quickly with the warm weather and all rivers and streams are flowing exceptionally fast. It doesn’t take much for you to be swept off your feet and once in the icy cold water hypothermia sets in…

A major rockfall closed a section of Highway 140 just outside the park. I don’t have word whether or not it’s open yet but they were trying to have it cleaned up and passable by late yesterday afternoon. Here’s the official word from the NPS. I’ll post more info as I have it. Yosemite National…