Caltrans Opens Gate on Tioga Pass Near Lee Vining, CA | Motorists Can Now Travel Up To Yosemite Eastern Entrance Caltrans on Friday, April 29th, opened its gate on State Route 120 W near Lee Vining. Motorists can now travel up to the eastern entrance of Yosemite National Park, CA. Related: Caltrans Update Says They Hope to Open Tioga Pass, CA, for Memorial Day Weekend The park entrance is still closed at this time and drivers will not be able […] SnowBrains | May 2, 2022 0 Comments
Caltrans Update Says They Hope to Open Tioga Pass, CA, for Memorial Day Weekend April 15 means tax day to most people, but in Mono County, we know that is also the day that Yosemite National Park begins plowing operations to clear the Tioga Road. According to the previous update, crews have been working the last couple of weeks and made it to Tenaya Lake on April 22. Find progress updates here: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tioga.htm. Opening the […] SnowBrains | May 2, 2022 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Caltrans Making Great Progress to Open Tioga, Sonora, and Ebbetts Passes Earlier Than Usual Caltrans road crews have been working diligently to open the mountain passes and great progress has been made. All these passes offer world-class spring skiing & riding this time of year. Snowplows have reached the eastern gate of Yosemite National Park on State Route 120 W, but before they can reopen the highway, crews have to remove rocks that fell onto […] SnowBrains | April 11, 2022 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Caltrans Uses 14lbs of Explosives to Blow Up 458-Tons of Boulders Blocking US-50 Near Echo Summit Caltrans’ South Lake Tahoe area maintenance crew responded to three large boulders that fell onto U.S. Highway 50 near Echo Summit on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Related: [VIDEO] Caltrans Blows Up Huge Boulders Blocking Lake Tahoe, CA’s Highway 50 The estimated weight was 458 tons. The largest was 23 feet long and 14 feet tall. The crew used about 14 […] SnowBrains | March 7, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Caltrans Blows Up Huge Boulders Blocking Lake Tahoe, CA’s Highway 50 Caltrans had to blow up a huge boulder that was blocking Highway 50’s Echo Summit in South Lake Tahoe, CA yesterday. After they reopened it, another boulder came down and clobbered a Toyota pickup truck. A storm is hitting Tahoe this weekend that has already dropped over 8″ of snow in spots. Fingers crossed it snows more tonight. Bluebird tomorrow… […] Industry News Miles Clark | March 5, 2022 1 Comment
Caltrans Announces Ebbetts and Sonora Passes to Close Indefinitely Due to Incoming Snowstorm An approaching winter storm has forced Caltrans District 9 to close Highway 108/Sonora Pass in Tuolumne County and Highway 4/Ebbetts Pass in Calaveras County from noon Thursday, May 20th. Related: SnowBrains Forecast: 2-6″ of Snow To Fall Across the Sierra Through Saturday There is no estimated time for reopening. However, highway 89/Monitor Pass will remain open unless the severity of the […] SnowBrains | May 20, 2021 0 Comments
CalTrans Hopes To Have Ebbetts & Sonora Passes OPEN By The Friday Before Memorial Day Weekend CalTrans announced that work is set to begin shortly on Sonora & Ebbetts Pass, CA. They hope to have the two passes opened up by the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend. “After snow is removed, plugged drains need to be cleaned and downed signs need to be replaced,” stated District 10 spokesman Warren Alford. “Often, trees have fallen or are […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 1, 2019 0 Comments
Caltrans Close a Number of Roads as Firefighters Battle Wildfires WILDFIRE AND ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE: THE MORNING OF AUGUST 9, 2018 Good morning to all. Here is a list of wildfire-related road closures and the latest information we have on said wildfires. – State Route 41 (SR-41) is open up to the Yosemite National Park entrance. The closure of SR-41/Wawona Road within Yosemite is due to the #FergusonFire. U.S. Forest […] Fire Firebrains | August 10, 2018 0 Comments
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