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Caltrans Updates 9,943′ Tioga Pass and 9,623′ Sonora Pass Plowing Progress | No Estimated Opening Dates

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Yesterday, Caltrans gave updates on clearing 9,943′ Tioga Pass and 9,623′ Sonora Pass in California. On State Route 120 W (Tioga), maintenance crews out of Lee Vining have reached Ellery Lake within roughly three miles of the gate to Yosemite National Park. Snow banks can still sit more than 10 feet tall at this elevation. But that snow is melting, […]
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Tioga Pass, CA is not Currently a Through-Road Over the Sierra Due to Closures Caused by Wildfire

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Mono County Tourism is reporting that you cannot currently use Tioga Road (Hwy 120) as a thru-road to get over the Sierra. Hwy 108 (Sonora Pass) and Hwy 89 (Monitor Pass) are alternative options and both are currently open. All entrances and roads into Yosemite are closed except Tioga Pass and Tioga Road Tioga Road (120 EAST) to Crane Flat, including […]
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Caltrans Announces Sonora, Ebbetts, and Tioga Passes are now OPEN for the Summer

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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 […]
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