While most attention paid to the Eastern Sierra Memorial Day weekend was on its lakes and streams, thanks to multitudes of PowerBait posses descending with rods in hand, local snowboarders and skiers headed north after hearing those four magic words: "The pass is open."
Well ... enough of it is, anyway.
http://espn.go.com/action/snowboarding/blog/_/post/6616734/tioga-pass-open-backcountry-business