[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
CALTRANS: SR-120/Tioga Pass Is Set To Open On Monday, May 21st CALTRANS Press Release: Yosemite National Park will open State Route 120/Tioga Pass for the season on Monday, May 21, 2018 at 9:00 am. There will be limited services on Tioga Road and all campgrounds along Tioga Road remain closed. There is no anticipated opening date for the Tuolumne Meadows store and the Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center. There is no gasoline […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 17, 2018 0 Comments
Caltrans Announces Sonora, Ebbetts, and Tioga Passes are now OPEN for the Summer The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) removed the winter snow, cleared the debris, made necessary repairs and then opened Sonora Pass at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2018, and Ebbetts Pass at noon on Friday the fourth. Caltrans manages three trans-Sierra passes in the Central Sierra that are closed during winter and generally open in spring: Ebbetts Pass in […] Steven Agar | May 7, 2018 0 Comments
CalTrans Plans to Have ALL Sierra Nevada, CA Mountain Passes Open by May 25th! CalTrans Press Release: Caltrans Crews Reach Pacific Crest Trail On Ebbetts Pass/SR-4 Check out the wall of snow that our crews are battling through on their way to the summit of Ebbetts Pass during the annual clearing of the Sierra Passes to get the routes open for the summer season. Caltrans Woodfords Area Lead Worker James Adams sent us the […] Weather SnowBrains | April 27, 2018 0 Comments
IMAGES: Caltrans Working Hard to Clear 9,624-Foot Sonora Pass Ready to Open for Memorial Day Caltrans reported on Monday 23rd April that by around noon the snow removal crew working on Highway 108 had cleared it to the Kennedy Meadows closure gate and swung open the Eagle Meadows gate. Officials say it appears that the 9,624-foot Sonora Pass summit will likely be ready to open by the traditional target date of Memorial Day Weekend, just […] SnowBrains | April 25, 2018 0 Comments