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| Above, Tenaya Lake. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
It must be springtime.
It has been announced that Yosemite National Park's Tioga Road is opening this coming Monday.
According to the East Bay Times:
Tioga Road, the fabled route through Yosemite National Park’s scenic high country and the highest-elevation road in California’s state highway system, will re-open to vehicles Monday.
The road, which closes every winter due to deep snow, has been closed since November. It will open to all vehicle traffic at 9 a.m., park officials announced.
The road’s opening is something of an annual rite of spring, and is an indication of how much snow the Sierra Nevada received during the winter. Last year, after record snow and rain that broke the California’s five-year drought, the Tioga Road didn’t re-open until June 29. The average opening date from 1996 to 2015 was May 26.
All campgrounds along Tioga Road remain closed. Park officials said Thursday that there is no anticipated opening date for the Tuolumne Meadows store and the Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center. There is no gasoline available along Tioga Road. The closest gas station is located at Crane Flat. For more information about park road conditions, motorists can call 209-372-0200 or go to https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm.
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