Category: Road Conditions

Tioga Pass is open again this morning for the fourth time this year. After the initial opening in May the East-West thoroughfare through Yosemite’s high country has closed and opened once after the Big Meadow Fire closed the road and two more times after the recent snow storms. The pass shouldn’t be closing anytime soon…

Looks like Tioga Pass if plowed and ready for traffic again. No word on an opening date though. I’d guess really soon. You can see in the image above the sun is melting the snow causing rivulets of water to run across the road.

Phil (outdoorPDK) caught this ominous looking scene back in 2007 on the old USCD webcam.. More rain and snow have come to the Sierra closing all the passes south of Highway 88 including Tioga Pass. The rain and snow are gone for tonight with clear skies in the forecast for the next few days but…

Thomas Hawk driving home from Glacier Point after interview with Michael Adams. Photo by Robert Scoble. Reader John from the wonderful city of San Jose California sent an email asking if the Glacier Point Road had reopened. It sure has John. Hopefully they’ll finish scraping the Tioga Road today and it’ll be open by the…

Click image to view full size. Although the storm that passed through yesterday left some snow in Tioga Pass it wasn’t deep enough to shut it down. The webcam is already showing the entrance has been plowed (looks to be between 12″ to 15″ deep) and park officials are saying they’ll do their best to…

Tioga Pass entrance with some snow. Photo by Gregory Melle circa 1981. I just called to make sure and ALL roads within the park, including Glacier Point and Tioga Pass, are open without restrictions. I know a number of people are planning trips using Tioga Pass to enter the park. You shouldn’t have any problems.