Highway 140 will be open to all traffic starting tomorrow, Tuesday, August 30, at 6 am for eastbound traffic and 6:45 am for westbound traffic. Use extra caution–fire crews and vehicles may be present on the road.
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Tioga Road Opening Wednesday May 20th
The Tioga Road will be opening for traffic starting Wednesday, May 20th at 10:00 a.m. The road will be open to all vehicle traffic but there will be no commercial services open for a while yet. Gasoline will be available 24 hours per day (credit cards only). Additionally, the Tuolumne Meadows Campground, other campgrounds along the corridor, and the Tuolumne Visitor Center will not be open. There will be pit toilets available along the Tioga Road. All visitor services, including the campgrounds, store, gas station, etc. will open over the next several weeks.
Visitors who are planning to visit Yosemite National Park over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend are urged to take extra safety precautions, especially along the Merced River. With the current warm weather and accelerated snowmelt, the river is running fast and water temperatures are very cold.
Tioga Road Opening – Sorta
The Tioga Road will be open to visitors up to all vehicles to Yosemite Creek and bicycles up to the May Lake junction. From there it’s closed except to administrative personnel.
This is a good sign. It means in all likely-hood the road will open completely to visitors before Memorial Day. Hooray! Nice job guys (and gals).