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In heavy snow years, the road has closed in early October, and has remained closed as late as late July. In light snow years, the road may remain open until December and open as early as April. [3] [4] [5] Tioga Pass is the most direct route from Bishop or Mammoth Lakes, California to Fresno, Merced, and Stockton.
Through January, there was a lack of snow in Yosemite. Tolumne Meadows reported just one inch of new snow last week, with a snow pack at just 20 inches. So, the outlook for Horsetail Fall is a bit ...
The National Weather Service doesn’t directly track precipitation in the national park. But a pair of rangers stationed at Tuolumne Meadows atop Tioga Pass at around 8,600 feet do.. They got ...
Yosemite is closed to visitors after the park experienced significant snowfall with some areas recording up to 15 feet of snow, according to the National Park Service Facebook post on Tuesday, Feb ...
Ribbon Fall, [1] located in Yosemite National Park in California, flows off a cliff on the west side of El Capitan and is the longest single-drop waterfall in North America. [2] The fall is fed by melting winter snow; while therefore dry for much of the year, the fall is a spectacular 1,612 feet (491 m) in the spring.
A cold weather system dropped about 2 feet of snow in Yosemite in the past week and brought a dusting to the national park’s majestic valley.
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.
Visitors play in the snow at Leidig Meadow near Swinging Bridge in Yosemite Valley Friday, Feb 9, 2024 in Yosemite National Park. Upper Yosemite Fall can be seen far in the center background.