Monday, June 19, 2017

Crews Blast and Burrow Through Snow to Open Yosemite’s Tioga Pass | The California Report | KQED News

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/15/yosemite-national-park-tioga-pass-highway-120-season-opening/

""We're almost at the middle of June and we still have lots of passes that aren't open," said Florene Trainor, a spokeswoman for Caltrans.

Few roads traverse the Sierra Nevada, and mountain passes are typically open by Memorial Day.

The road that crosses the Sierra through Yosemite, Highway 120, remained closed this week as crews dig out from snows that topped 20 feet and drifted well over 50 feet.

On a recent day, the park's entrance station at 9,945-foot-high Tioga Pass was buried in snow."

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