Re: Tioga Road 2009 Plowing Report

Tioga Road progress for April 20, 2009
Starting Location: Crane Flat Gate
Ending Location:7.0 miles from Crane Flat Gate (just beyond South Fork Bridge)
Distance plowed today:7.0 miles
Average Snow depth: 4 ft.

Here is an interesting site. Look at the video near the bottom of the page.

http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tioga.htm

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Old Dude

Starting Location: 7.0 miles from Crane Flat Gate (just beyond South Fork Bridge).
Ending Location:11.7 miles from Crane Flat Gate (just beyond 8,000' Marker)
Distance plowed today:4.7 miles
Average Snow depth: 4.5 ft.

Tioga Road progress for April 22, 2009
Starting Location: 11.7 miles from Crane Flat Gate (just beyond 8,000' Marker
Ending Location: 14 miles from Crane Flat Gate (White Wolf Gate).
Distance plowed today: 2.3 miles
Average Snow depth: 5.5 ft.

It can go slow. That's still a lot of snow.

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Old Dude

Update on Tioga Road for April 28, 2009

Plows have reached Yosemite Creek and average depth of snow is 3 feet.
Plowing and widening of roadway will continue.

Tioga Road progress for April 28, 2009
Starting Location: 25.1 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Ending Location: 26 miles from Crane Flat Gate (May Lake Turnoff).
Distance plowed today .9miles
Average Snow depth: 4.5ft.

Tioga Road progress for April 29, 2009

Starting Location: 26 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Ending Location: 26.9 miles from Crane Flat Gate (East of May Lake Turnoff).
Distance plowed today .9 miles
Average Snow depth: 5 ft.

Wouldn't it save a lot of tax dollars to just let the snow melt on its own?

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Vince
Wouldn't it save a lot of tax dollars to just let the snow melt on its own?

No, the lost revenue would make up more than the difference.

Tioga Road progress for April 30, 2009

Starting Location: 26 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Ending Location: 28.2 miles from Crane Flat Gate (East of May Lake Turnoff).
Distance plowed today 2.2 miles
Average Snow depth: 3 ft.

Tioga Road progress for May 4, 2009

Starting Location: 31.9 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Ending Location: 32.7 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Distance plowed today .8 miles
Average Snow depth: 3.5 ft.

Tioga Road progress for May 5, 2009

Starting Location: 32.7 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Ending Location: 35.2 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Distance plowed today 2.5 miles
Average Snow depth: 4.5 ft .

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eeek
Ending Location: 35.2 miles from Crane Flat Gate

Isn't this very close to Tuolumne Meadows? Perhaps the operations will soon be moving to widening and getting Tioga Road reading to open.

Tioga Road progress for May 6, 2009

Starting Location: 35.2 miles from Crane Flat Gate
Ending Location38.6 miles from Crane Flat Gate (TM Visitor Center)
Distance plowed today 3.4 miles
Average Snow depth: 4.5 ft..