Tioga Pass Spring Opening 2018

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rottingjohnny

Sport climber

Sands Motel , Las Vegas

Apr 25, 2018 - 08:39pm PT

Riding a harmless bike on a paved NP road can win you a ticket from a park ranger driving a internal combustion engine...?

Bruce Morris

Trad climber

Soulsbyville, California

Apr 25, 2018 - 11:21pm PT

Another section specifies that the Tioga Road east of Crane Flat is closed in winter. Violating the closure would be the basis for a ticket and fine, not lack of a wilderness permit.

Surely that doesn't apply to x-country skiing. I've skied up the Tioga Road from Crane Flat tons or times and never been cited. You must mean riding a bike up that section of road?

jsavage

climber

Independence, CA

Apr 26, 2018 - 09:53am PT

Anyone have any info on Sonora Pass? It generally opens sooner than Tioga, correct?

looks easy from here

climber

Ben Lomond, CA

Apr 26, 2018 - 10:00am PT

108 west of Sonora Pass is open to Kennedy Meadows. Caltrans District 10 posts updates on their Facebook page: http://m.facebook.com/Caltrans-District-10-119234288129759/

Tuolumne Climber

climber

Apr 26, 2018 - 12:59pm PT

For those who prefer the phone, there's a CalTrans road info number:
800-427-7623 (800-GAS-ROAD)

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Apr 27, 2018 - 11:16am PT

Hope it’s open by 5/25....would love to sneak out that way after the Bird’s memorial and a little cragging.

Flip Flop

climber

Earth Planet, Universe

Apr 28, 2018 - 07:23am PT

What's the scoop for finding out when the road is open to the park entrance at Tioga pass for BC skiing.

kunlun_shan

Mountain climber

SF, CA

Apr 28, 2018 - 08:53am PT

Would like to know this as well, Flip Flop.

from https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tioga.htm

Tioga Road
April 27, 2018
Road and forestry crews are working all along Tioga Road. Plows reached Tioga Pass, although significant snow and rock/debris remain along the road. Olmsted Point avalanche zone is still active. While plows have reached Tioga Pass, a substantial amount of work remains prior to opening. There is no estimated opening date for the Tioga Road.

Updates, if any, about allowing bicycles on Tioga Road prior to opening, will appear here.

10b4me

Social climber

Lida Junction

Apr 28, 2018 - 12:36pm PT

What's the scoop for finding out when the road is open to the park entrance at Tioga pass for BC skiing.

Call Mono county.

Mtbphoto

Trad climber

Mammoth Lakes, Ca

Apr 28, 2018 - 08:03pm PT

What's the scoop for finding out when the road is open to the park entrance at Tioga pass for BC skiing.

http://www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cgi?roadnumber=120&submit=Search
It will say something along the lines of the road is closed 12 miles from 395, or maybe to the Yosemite park line.

John M

climber

Apr 28, 2018 - 08:22pm PT

Actually it says 5 miles west of 395, which I believe is past the lower gate, but not at the upper gate. The upper gate is 13 miles from 395.

[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) - FOR THE WINTER - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE

Ken M

Mountain climber

Los Angeles, Ca

Apr 28, 2018 - 10:04pm PT

Surely that doesn't apply to x-country skiing. I've skied up the Tioga Road from Crane Flat tons or times and never been cited. You must mean riding a bike up that section of road?

Riding a bike on a legally designated road is regulated by the Calif Vehicle Code. Cross county skiing is not.

However, the route can be closed to all activity, if doing those things creates a significant risk of interference with official vehicles, snow or otherwise.

Wilderness boundaries are not flexible, and do not change with conditions. However, the corridor of the non-wilderness is narrow, I thinnk measured in feet.