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Christofari
Big Wall climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 21, 2018 - 08:19pm PT
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Just got word Tioga is closed due to rockslide. Wish I had a picture and knew more. Anyone have anything on it?
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Jul 21, 2018 - 08:25pm PT
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All I could find on the NPS Website:
Tioga Pass is closed due to a rockslide
Highway 120 between Tioga Pass and five miles west of US 395/Lee Vining is closed due to a rockslide. Highway 120 west of Yosemite (Big Oak Flat Entrance) is open, as is Tioga Road from Crane Flat to Tioga Pass.
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 21, 2018 - 09:02pm PT
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Tioga has reopened .....
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jul 21, 2018 - 09:05pm PT
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It says that the road is closed all the way from Crane Flat to 395, did I read it correctly? If there were only one rock slide on the steep portion East of Tioga Pass, they would not close the whole road. It says flooding so maybe in several spots?
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jul 21, 2018 - 09:35pm PT
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Smoked out of the valley, flooded out of the meadows. WTF is going on? I was going to head up the 395 early tomorrow morning, scratch that plan.
edit: just checked 120 on the Caltrans site and it says no restrictions now when you enter "120". If you go to the map it shows Tioga pass closed due to rock slide. NPS website says it is closed from Crane Flats to Tioga Pass.
As of 10:00 pm 120 is open from Lee Vining to Tioga Pass. What about the rest of the road?
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roy
Social climber
NZ -> SB,CA -> Zurich
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Jul 21, 2018 - 10:56pm PT
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Hi,
There was some serious rain on the Eastside this afternoon. I was coming east over Monitor pass and down a steep section when the road just in front was suddenly overwhelmed by a huge torrent carrying 18" logs and huge rocks. The water was about 1 to 2 feet deep and fast moving. A fast U-turn and we got out of our terrain trap and back up to the pass quickly. The storm had been pounding down and the pass was now covered about 2" deep in hail. It took about two hours of detour to get back onto the 395. I saw from the bottom that the highway patrol had shut Monitor pass. Coming past Lee Vining it hammered down again - to the point where we had to pull off and wait for it to subside. The Lee Vining canyon was being hit hard and I wouldn't be at all suprised if a lot of material also came down on the road up to Tioga.
Cheers, Roy
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