Yosemite: Hwy 120 / Tioga Pass Road Status

2019-06-11 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: Eastern Sierra, peak bagging, Tioga Pass area, Yosemite

I was bummed to have to leave to go back for dental work. Lots of cyclists were riding a traffic-free Hwy 120 from Tioga Pass. Because I rode 50 miles and 5000 vertical feet,

I would guess that Tioga Pass road should open very soon—the road is clear and open except for the snowbank by Olmstead Point.

Just to the east, the White Mountains have a heavy snow load, about as heavy as I have seen this time of year.

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I did not carry a real camera with me this day, with severely degraded fitness and 12 pounds too heavy* since two different antibiotics screwed me up good back in April.

* I completed the Eastern Sierra Double this year, but I was very slow at an hour and a half slower than last year in spite of much more favorable conditions this year (won it last year).

Snow blocking one lane near Olmstead Point

f1.8 @ 1/6800 sec panorama, ISO 20; 2019-06-09 13:19:34
iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus 4.0 mm f/1.8 @ 4mm
ENV: just east of Olmstead Point, altitude 8406 ft / 2562 m, 68°F / 20°C

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Just east of Tenaya Lake

f1.8 @ 1/3000 sec panorama, ISO 20; 2019-06-09 13:02:49
iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus 4.0 mm f/1.8 @ 4mm
ENV: Hwy 120 near Tenaya Lake, altitude 8327 ft / 2538 m, 68°F / 20°C

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Tioga Lake area, iced-over Tioga Lake

f1.8 @ 1/5700 sec panorama, ISO 20; 2019-06-09 15:05:25
iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus 4.0 mm f/1.8 @ 4mm
ENV: Tioga Lake area, altitude 9696 ft / 2955 m, 58°F / 14°C

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Meltwater on Granite

f2.8 @ 1/1100 sec panorama, ISO 20; 2019-06-09 13:48:50
iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus 6.6 mm f/2.8 @ 6.6mm
ENV: Tenaya Lake, altitude 8117 ft / 2474 m, 68°F / 20°C

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