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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Apr 18, 2008 - 06:28pm PT
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Not sure why, but I'm under the impression that opening day is usually on a Friday. "Just in time" (for the 3-day weekend), most times. hahaha I've always figured that this has a lot to do with what Mimi thinks... It's all revenue based.
So, my vote for Friday, May 23rd still stands.
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scuffy b
climber
up the coast from Woodson
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Apr 18, 2008 - 07:26pm PT
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May 16th
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JerryGarcia
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Apr 18, 2008 - 08:03pm PT
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june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th june 6th
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Ed Bannister
Mountain climber
Riverside, CA
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Apr 18, 2008 - 09:17pm PT
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Colorado river drainage basin has on average 200% of it's usual snowpack. factor that into the ol' road trip timetable.
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brat
climber
El Portal
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Apr 19, 2008 - 01:48am PT
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Lots of plow equipment is sitting pretty by the YI campus at the west closure. Didn't see any people around for the last few days though. The snow is melting FAST up at Crane Flat though.
Hey Julia, is there ever a chance of getting part time work at the TPR? I'm not going back to the Mobil this summer.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Apr 19, 2008 - 03:35am PT
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"Lake Tuolumne"
Opening day, 1986, July 4th weekend (I don't think 2008 is another 1986). At Budd Creek, Andy T. found a really old coin and I found a 600 year old arrowhead (estimate by YNP archeologist).
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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Apr 19, 2008 - 09:34am PT
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brat, and anyone else intereted, stay tuned, I plan on posting openings as soon as I get a confirm from da boss. There should be a few.
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east side underground
Trad climber
crowley ca
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Apr 19, 2008 - 11:55am PT
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I've been skiing a few times up tioga this season. The road has been dry almost all winter up to "blue slide" The avalance path was fairly good size at the gullies just below the slide. Since TPR was not plowing this year. I'll bet the road to the gate on the East side won't take much time to clear.All in all a fairly minor snow season on the Tioga road (East Side) Cheers!
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 19, 2008 - 01:34pm PT
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Projected opening this year 1st week of June.
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CF
climber
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Apr 23, 2008 - 01:17pm PT
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April 22,2008
Tioga Road opening operations continued yesterday.
Tioga Road progress for April 22, 2008
Starting Location: South Fork Bridge
Ending Location:12.4 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Distance plowed today:5.2 miles
Average Snow depth: 5 ft. 9
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CF
climber
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Apr 24, 2008 - 02:42pm PT
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Check out this poll, What day will Tioga Pass open in 2008?
What day will Tioga Pass open in 2008?
Update on Tioga road Opening 4/24/08.
Tioga Road opening operations continued yesterday.
Tioga Road progress for April 23, 2008:
Starting Location: 11.3 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Ending Location:15 miles from Crane Flat Gate (Mc Swain Summit)
Distance plowed today: 3.7miles
Average Snow depth: 6 ft.
Update on Glacier Point Road 4/24/08
Glacier Point Road is open to Administrative Traffic only.
The road is very icy due to current spring temperatures and is not
sanded.
Wawona Road crews will be performing shoulder and road repairs as needed
from Chinquapin to Glacier Point.
The gate at Chinquapin will be closed for administrative traffic only. (
Contact 460 before Admin. traffic enters roadway).
Forestry crews are presently removing hazard trees on the Glacier Point
road starting at Chinquapin to Glacier Point.
Please watch out for Road crews, Sign Shop and Forestry crews on roadway
drive slow and drive defensively.
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Chris McNamara
SuperTopo staff member
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Apr 25, 2008 - 10:40am PT
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Latest Conditions From Tuolumne Back Country Rangers Jeff and Kathi
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tm.htm
April 24, 2008
Weather: (April 16 to April 23)
High temperature: 59°F (April 18)
Low temperature: 6°F (April 21)
New Snow: 3 inches (April 22)
Total settled snow depth: 23 inches as of April 24
Ski Conditions and Weather: It has been a cool and windy week at Tuolumne Meadows. A series of storms have passed us by to the north, bringing many prolonged episodes of high winds and clod temperatures. We did get a few inches of new snow on Tuesday, but most of that blew away in the high winds the next day. The snow has been firm to icy in the mornings, softening somewhat in the afternoons. The Tuolumne River and most of its tributaries are now free of ice; in most spots the only way across is to use the summer trail bridges. The latest snow conditions report from the east side is that Highway 120 has been plowed from the road closure gate outside of Lee Vining up to the lower end of Tioga Lake. If all goes according to plan, Caltrans will have the road cleared and open to the public up to the park boundary at Tioga Pass for the opening day of fishing season on April 26. On our west side, skiers coming up the Snow Creek trail report that the snow line begins just above the summer trail bridge, which is about 1/2 mile above the top of the switchbacks; everything below that level has melted out. The latest report from the west end of the Tioga Road is that plow crews have cleared the first 12 miles of road east from Crane Flat.
This link shows how far they have plowed from the West Side
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=2504949006129973085,37.811480,-119.506880%3B13447064207315322169,37.760910,-119.801813&saddr=37.817378,-119.481812&daddr=CA-120%2FTioga+Pass+Rd+%4037.760910,+-119.801813&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=10&sll=37.782112,-119.586868&sspn=0.848767,1.071167&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=10
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alpinerockfiend
Trad climber
Jackson, WY
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Apr 28, 2008 - 11:45pm PT
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Any link for the road updates?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Apr 29, 2008 - 01:02am PT
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ok, a slightly different prediction method...
I use the data from 1998 to 2007
the average opening date for that period was June 2
take the opening dates and subtract the average date from it...
fit this difference to a quadratic in the reported snow depth (in inches) for March at Snow Flat
The standard deviation of this prediction is 5.6 days... (so plus or minus 5.6 days, roughly a two week window).
Prediction: May 24th, which is a Saturday, so Friday May 23 is likely
But I wouldn't be surprised if it was May 16th or May 30th
an additional factor in favor of May 23, the Red Sox are in town to play the A's, and I have tickets for all three games (my daughter's birthday weekend) so I won't be able to go to the Meadows on opening day this year if it is that date...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 29, 2008 - 01:16am PT
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There is currently 238 cm of snow at Whistler/Blackcomb, or 94 inches. As of two days ago, there were 567 cm of snow on Mount Seymour, one of the mountains on the north shore, above Vancouver. (They had 1501 cm total this winter = 15 metres = 49 feet.) Whistler is still partly open, but Seymour is now closed for the season.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Apr 30, 2008 - 12:30pm PT
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May 28th (cause too many people chose the 23rd which is just as likely)
If they don't open the high country, the valley will be Hell on Memorial Day weekend as the construction doesn't look to finish in time
Peace
Karl
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BKW
Mountain climber
Central Texas
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Apr 30, 2008 - 07:21pm PT
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Looks like the park entrance at Tioga pass has been plowed.
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PaulR
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Word on the street in Bishop is that it should be open by Memorial Day weekend.
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