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Tioga Pass Opening - Mea Culpa

&uotLast week I went out on the proverbial limb and

Evening Rain, Yosemite Valley

Evening Rain, Yosemite Valley II. Yosemite National Park, California. April 21, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

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Tioga Road Opening Date - My Wild and Almost Completely Uninformed Guess

(An old article - posted here so as not to lose it during the site transition.)
Many of us begin watching for the opening of Tioga Pass Road this time of year. Guessing the actual opening date seems like a relatively harmless sport, so here goes.
The road has opened as early as April 29 (in 1988 [...]

Prime Time for Waterfalls?

(An old article - posted here so as not to lose it during the site transition.)
Seen at Yosemite Blog:
The Modesto Bee: “With his camera perched on a tripod and pointed at Yosemite Falls, Vaughn Hutchins didn’t have to think very long when asked about the perfect time to photograph one of North America’s tallest waterfalls.
‘Right [...]

Yosemite Plowing to Start

According to a page at the Park Service web site plowing of the Tioga Pass Road should begin tomorrow. I suspect that by comparison to other years, the road and pass may well open quite early this year. Anyone for an early May meet-up at Tuolumne?
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