Looking forward to an upcoming week in the park, and I was wondering if anyone knew if the Cherry Lake Road - just west of the 120 gate - was open to Cherry Lake and Lake Eleanor in the northwest portion of the park? While Cherry is nice, I'm hoping to get to Lake Eleanor which is inside the Yosemite park boundaries (Cherry in Stanislaus NF). I'm guessing the road is open since there is a damkeeper that resides at Cherry Lake. There's some nice Ranger accomodations at Lake Eleanor, but I know that's more of a summer residence. At the very least I'm hoping to hike to Eleanor from the Cherry Dam.
Thanks!