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Chris Brent
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Shhhhh!!! Yeah about 2 hours after I made my prediction it opened. The same thing happened last year though. The site last a while, I think a couple of weeks!
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jun 10, 2013 - 12:58am PT
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My wife and I hit up Tuolumne this weekend with the intention of hiking Clouds Rest from Tenaya Lake Friday and then climbing on Saturday. We made it up Clouds Rest, but the bloodsuckers were the worst I've ever experienced and scared us off day two. I practically showered in DEET and I still have 86 bites (and counting-what appear to be single large bites keep resolving into multiple overlapping bites as the swelling goes down). Full disclosure, this is only my second Tuolumne summer, and we met some other hikers who claimed that the skeeters were't actually that bad yet. Yikes!
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Nov 15, 2013 - 12:38am PT
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The East Arete of Simmons looks pretty fun. Once coming over the Lyell/Maclure saddle from Hutchins Basin, I contoured from below to Amelia Earhart Peak and found it to be an incredibly casual stroll along a gentle ledge that included a stop at "Inkwell Lake." Oddly, there were bear tracks up there.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Nov 15, 2013 - 12:42am PT
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That's a cool view of Matthes in that series of images above
Hey TM I'll go wander around with you next summer if you can come on down before Aug.
It's been too long!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Nov 15, 2013 - 01:57am PT
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Yeah! Thanks for the bump Jesse! Some super shots above, those views of cathedral range are amazing.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Nov 15, 2013 - 02:00am PT
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QITNL, FANTASTIC! Cheers, lynnie
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Nov 15, 2013 - 10:25am PT
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A few photos from Vetran's Day weekend in Tuolumne...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 15, 2013 - 11:01am PT
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Nice Dapper Dan!
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DerekCan
climber
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Nov 15, 2013 - 05:25pm PT
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It was a great weekend to be in Yosemite, that's for sure!
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bergbryce
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Nov 16, 2013 - 01:07pm PT
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Semi-related....
Does anyone have any idea if the road to Saddlebag Lake is still open??
Wondering if I should take my bike tomorrow for N. Peak approach.
Edited to add: Should have asked google first!
http://www.monolake.org/today/roads
OPEN!!
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cultureshock
Trad climber
Mountain View
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Nov 21, 2013 - 04:21pm PT
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Bump.
Guessing the road is closed now.
Any ideas if it will re-open by monday or are we done for the season?
 Luke
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Nov 21, 2013 - 05:49pm PT
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currently:
Tioga
SR 120
[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
IS CLOSED FROM CRANE FLAT TO 5 MI WEST OF THE JCT OF US 395 /TIOGA PASS/
(TUOLUMNE, MONO CO) - DUE TO SNOW - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE
Sonora
SR 108
[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
IS CLOSED FROM 26.4 MI EAST OF STRAWBERRY (TUOLUMNE CO) TO 8 MI WEST OF THE
JCT OF US 395 (MONO CO) /SONORA PASS/ - DUE TO SNOW - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO
USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE
Ebbets
SR 4
[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA]
IS CLOSED FROM 0.5 MI EAST OF THE JCT OF SR 207 /MT REBA TURNOFF/ TO THE
JCT OF SR 89 /EBBETTS PASS/ (ALPINE CO) - DUE TO SNOW - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED
TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE
This late in the season none are likely to reopen until next May or June.
Current California state highway conditions are always found here:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cgi
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Nov 26, 2013 - 11:43pm PT
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Looks like Sonora pass is open:
This highway information is the latest reported as of Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 20:42 .
SR 108
[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
1-WAY CONTROLLED TRAFFIC AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS FROM 3.7 MI WEST OF THE
JCT OF US 395 TO THE JCT OF US 395 (MONO CO) FROM 0700 HRS TO 1800 HRS MONDAY
THRU FRIDAY THRU 12/6/13 - DUE TO PERMIT WORK - MOTORISTS ARE SUBJECT TO
DELAYS OF UP TO 20 MINUTES
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adikted
Boulder climber
Tahooooeeeee
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Apr 25, 2016 - 07:14pm PT
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Soooo anyone got the scoop on opening dates this year??
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 26, 2016 - 06:32pm PT
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Thanks, eKitty!Sign on the edge of town still sez "closed" as of yesterday.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Apr 26, 2016 - 06:49pm PT
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Friday is the day.
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adikted
Boulder climber
Tahooooeeeee
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Apr 27, 2016 - 12:56pm PT
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Thanks Yal....stoked to get up there and play
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Apr 27, 2016 - 01:23pm PT
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Given the amount of snow up there, and the weather the next week or two, it looks like the opening all the way thru won't be until the end of May.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Apr 27, 2016 - 02:06pm PT
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Given the amount of snow up there, and the weather the next week or two, it looks like the opening all the way thru won't be until the end of May.
This is the way it is just about every year. Why is it going to be any different this year, especially with greater snowfall than last year? There's always busting through the avalanched below Olmsted Point and that's always as slow as molasses in January. When the TM Store and Grill and the Campgrounds are open, then there's a real incentive to open US 120 all the way through. Before that, why?
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Apr 27, 2016 - 03:18pm PT
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WOOHOO!!! Leaving this weekend for a week of Sierra bliss.
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