Heavy Snows Likely To Delay Yosemite Road Opening

May 7, 2011 12:04 PM

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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Heavy winter snows will likely be delaying the opening of a major road into Yosemite National Park.

Park officials say Highway 120 through the Tioga Pass, which connects the park to the east side of the Sierra, will open to traffic later in the year than it usually does.

The road is closed during the winter because of snowfall and the threat of avalanches, but normally opens around Memorial Day. A park spokesman says with 15 feet of snow still on the roadway, there’s no estimate of when it will open.

Heavy snow on Half Dome has also prevented crews from placing cables on the mountain. The cables are used by hikers to help them climb to the summit. Park officials say it’s unlikely the cables will be in place by Memorial Day.

Heavy Snows Likely To Delay Yosemite Road Opening

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FN Cee

Best news in a long, long time … CA needs all the water it can get … too bad some of the current flooding in the east and midwest can’t be sent over to Texas!
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My Mom

This is not unusual at this time of year. Or, it didn’t used to be unusual before the drought years.