Tioga Pass Report Today: 12″ of New Snow in Ellery Chutes, Ice Cream, Half Dome, Hot Springs I left Waterford, CA this morning at 7:30am headed for Sonora Pass. At the highway 108/120 split, the sign said Sonora Pass closed, Tioga Pass open. Change of plans. I drove up highway 120 to Yosemite, stopped to jump into Rainbow Pools, took pictures of Half Dome, stopped to take pictures of a guy who’d driven out onto Toulomne Meadows and gotten stuck, asked the Park Rangerette on Tioga Pass how much snow they’d gotten, she said 8-12 inches since May 6th, then arrived at Ellery Lake on Tioga Pass at about 11am. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 9, 2014 2 Comments
How To Ski & Ride The Eastern Sierra, CA | 1. Ice Cream, 2. Hot Springs, 3. Ski & Ride There’s a plethora of options on an Eastern Sierra ski trip. So, you need to focus. Know the classics and tick them off. To start with, there are 3 mandatory experiences on any Eastern Sierra ski trip: Jolly Cone, Mono Cone, and the Mobile Mart. Don’t mess this up, please. People will laugh at you. The best food is likely at Mobile Mart. Yes, a gas station has the best food in the Eastern Sierras. But this is no ordinary gas station. Mobile Mart is the what’s what of the Eastern Sierra displaying the who’s who. Why? Because it’s excellently located at the junction of 395 (the Eastern Sierra highway) […] Miles Clark | May 8, 2014 9 Comments
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