> If you want to be able to cross the high Sierra passes, best plan those
> excursions for after Memorial Day. �CalTrans has a goal every year of
> having the passes cleared and open by Memorial Day, but that doesn't
> always work out, if we've had a particularly heavy winter up here. Even
> if they have been opened, a freak snow storm (we've had them in June)
> can cause them to close the passes again.
We didn't have all that much snow in the southern Sierra. I drove my
Jeep through Sequoia two or three weeks ago. It was all snow plowed
and sanded.
I haven't been up towards Yosemite this year. But I recommend that
anybody who wants to transit the High Country check out his brakes
first, as Tioga Pass is steep and Old Priest Grade is unbelievably
steep.
> excursions for after Memorial Day. �CalTrans has a goal every year of
> having the passes cleared and open by Memorial Day, but that doesn't
> always work out, if we've had a particularly heavy winter up here. Even
> if they have been opened, a freak snow storm (we've had them in June)
> can cause them to close the passes again.