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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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May 21, 2010 - 12:52am PT
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ski Marmot dome
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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May 21, 2010 - 12:54am PT
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Good odds for next week. The road is done, but olmstead has to melt/blast out.
There likely won't be any services either as the power has been off since January and they don't really know why- at last word of course.
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sjellison
Mountain climber
santa clara, ca
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May 21, 2010 - 02:22am PT
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anyone got any beta for the opening day cycle ride? Psuper Psyched!
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Greg Barnes
climber
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May 21, 2010 - 02:52am PT
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Cycle ride beta - whenever it is, it will probably not be this Sunday:
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
from the current Tioga Pass forecast from NOAA:
Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Breezy, with a southwest wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Very windy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to between 35 and 40 mph. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Windy, with a west southwest wind between 25 and 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday: A slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.
Tuesday Night: A slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.
Wednesday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.
Wednesday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Thursday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.
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Mason
Trad climber
Yay Area
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May 23, 2010 - 03:15pm PT
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Thread drift but is Sonora pass 108 open to 395?
I need to get to 395 to Mammoth Lakes ASAP.
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Mason
Trad climber
Yay Area
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May 23, 2010 - 03:26pm PT
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Yes, I just found out it's still closed on the Cal Trans website.
I guess that is the only option. Or I could go further up to 50. Road trip!
Thanks, T*r :)
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pyrosis
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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May 24, 2010 - 07:31am PT
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Now I am hearing rumors that the pass will stay closed through July..??!!
Due to power cable damage under Ellery Lake?
But 108 is supposed to open next weekend?
Anyone have more info?
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Thanks!
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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May 24, 2010 - 11:32am PT
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Sure is interesting how the transition seasons, spring and fall, have weather that lingers.
Right now we're feeling inertia like a hangover from winter. Snow flurries, wind, full-on little blizzards, slip-slidin' the ice over Carson Pass -- all when our expectations, looking ahead, grab shorts and a t-shirt, keep saying it ought to be pushing 80 degrees and starting to sweat.
Then deep into the fall, Halloween and even November, when our hearts have turned to snow, instead we get sweltering days saturated with placid air ...
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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May 24, 2010 - 01:04pm PT
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Good chance of snow through Friday in Lee Vining.
Chance of snow with lows in the 20's at Tioga Pass through Friday.
Hold on while I toss another log on my wood stove here in the Santa Cruz mtns.
Going on a big group "family camp" with about 40 adults and 60 little ones on the edge of Grant Grove this weekend. Good chance of rain mixed with snow through Friday. Gonna be a lot of cold wet little ones around the big stone fireplace Friday night. Hot chocolate, blankets and songs will do the trick. The Friday night wine bash under the stars at the campfire circle might be shortened.
So much for my annual hike up the ridge behind Grant Village. Should I take my skis? Decisions decisions.
Tioga Pass?
My guess is June 10.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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May 24, 2010 - 02:20pm PT
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I'm going with July 1.;^)
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CF
climber
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May 24, 2010 - 03:20pm PT
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power is out in tm and has been out all winter. rumor is that it is busted under ellery lake as the lines go underground from ellery to tm.
the sewer ponds can not be pumped until they get power. they can not use the spray field until the snow is gone.
the road is plowed and nps is driving up an down
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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May 25, 2010 - 07:24am PT
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July?? Seriously? For real?
Good God I can't wait any longer. Want Tuolumne NOW! The plowing has gone through, right?
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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May 25, 2010 - 10:16am PT
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I hear they decide one way or the other tomorrow. Maybe this weekend, but there is quite a bit going against this weekend between the avalanche danger, the cold temps and no power. No power, means no water, which means no bathroom, which means feces and urine right off the road.
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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May 25, 2010 - 10:45am PT
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Didn't a foot of snow fall up there on Sunday ? And there is more to come today & Wednesday.
http://www.monolake.org/today/2010/05/23/update-lower-tioga-road-gate-temporarily-closed/
With 12 inches of new snow at Tioga Pass from last night’s late-season snowstorm, the lower gate on Highway 120 West has been closed temporarily. Visitors can drive only four miles west of Highway 395 on the Tioga Road before reaching the closed gate.
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PeteStaehling
Social climber
Baltimore Md
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May 28, 2010 - 10:22am PT
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We are starting a bicycle tour in San Diego on June 4th and expect to be at Tioga Pass about June 15th give or take a few days. Anyone care to suggest an alternate route in case Tioga Pass Road isn't open? My currently planned route is this.
Also, anyone care to guess the odds whether the pass will be open to bicycles when we get there?
Pete
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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May 28, 2010 - 11:20am PT
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I heard it may be open to Bicycle one week prior to official opening date. According to Hossjulia on this thread.
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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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May 28, 2010 - 12:16pm PT
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IF you look at the average difference between Glaicer Point road opening dates and Tioga since 2005 (as shown on the nps website) you find the average difference is 19 days. With Glaicer Point scheduled to open on the 28th, then the 15 of june is reasonable guess for an opening date of tioga....
kev
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