Snow CLOSES Tioga & Sonora Passes in California Last Night & Today

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Tioga Pass & Sonora Pass are currently closed.

Snow in California last night closed 9,945′ Tioga Pass on highway 120 in Yosemite and 9,624′ Sonora Pass on highway 108 just north of Yosemite last night.

Both passes remain closed today as of this writing at 6am PST.

Dodge ridge ski resort on highway 108 reported up to 4″ of new snow yesterday.

image: dodge ridge ski resort, yesterday

“A cool upper level weather system is moving through Northern California today. Some of us saw cool overnight lows as a result!

In addition, this system will likely bring a few snow showers to the high Sierra this afternoon. A quick 1-2 inches of snow accumulation will be possible above 7000 feet.” – NOAA Sacramento, CA yesterday

image: noaa, yesterday

CalTrans Update Today at 6am:

SR 120
[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
IS CLOSED FROM CRANE FLAT TO 3.5 MI WEST OF THE JCT OF US 395 /TIOGA PASS/
(TUOLUMNE, MONO CO) - DUE TO SNOW - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN 
ALTERNATE ROUTE
SR 108
[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
IS CLOSED FROM 26.4 MI EAST OF STRAWBERRY (TUOLUMNE CO) TO 8.6 MI WEST OF
THE JCT OF US 395 (MONO CO) /SONORA PASS/ - DUE TO SNOW - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED
TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE
Map showing locations of Tioga, Sonora, Ebbetts, and Monitor passes in California.
Tioga Pass cross section.
Sonora Pass cross section.

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