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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Mar 23, 2015 - 03:34pm PT
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Was up on Cloud's Rest Saturday (March 21), the lack of snow was startling. 360 degree view in the video from Saturday, compare to the still shot grabbed from a summit video taken in June 2010.[Click to View YouTube Video]
June 2010 below
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Mar 24, 2015 - 05:04pm PT
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Has anyone biked Crane Flats to Olmstead in the last couple weeks? Appreciate any info you have! Thanks!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Mar 24, 2015 - 05:59pm PT
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Thanks, QITNL, you're always the Dude!
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reach
Trad climber
Palo Alto, CA
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Mar 26, 2015 - 07:55am PT
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On the bicycle topic, I see information that conficts with the reply made by the rangers in that Tuolumne Meadows March 18th update:
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tioga.htm
The Tioga Road is closed to all traffic. (The Tioga Road west of White Wolf is no longer open to bicycles because of road work seven days per week.)
and here:
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/roadwork.htm
A road rehabilitation project is in progress on the Tioga Road from Crane Flat To White Wolf. The project is scheduled to conclude in November 2015. Delays will be possible each week, 24 hours per day, beginning Sunday at 11 pm through Friday at 4:30 pm. All campgrounds and other services along the Tioga Road will be accessible.
Sounds like riding in from the west side, at least while the road is still closed to cars, is not possible. Although, I'd love for someone to refute this conjecture.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Mar 26, 2015 - 11:15am PT
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Not open to bikes East of Crane Flat. It was, then they rescinded access. No surprise
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Stevee B
Trad climber
Oakland, CA
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Mar 27, 2015 - 01:04pm PT
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Any hope of a lower gate opening on the eastside from Lee Vining to the park entry this weekend?
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Mar 27, 2015 - 05:01pm PT
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Mar 27, 2015 - 05:02pm PT
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Stevee B
Trad climber
Oakland, CA
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Mar 27, 2015 - 05:14pm PT
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Thank you kindly Jefe. Looks like bikable from lower gate to Saddlebag, would you agree?
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Mar 27, 2015 - 05:16pm PT
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Not sure if you could ride to Saddlebag, maybe fat tire, but you can ride from the bottom gate at the Poole Road, to the entrance station.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Mar 27, 2015 - 07:53pm PT
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1983 or 1984 with Timid on opening day, late June or early July at the Budd Creek trailhead. He found an old coin that fell out of John Muir's pocket and I found a 600 year old chert arrowhead. Late openings let the place rest, and I prefer them.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Mar 28, 2015 - 02:39am PT
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Late openings let the place rest, and I prefer them.
Me too.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Mar 28, 2015 - 09:13am PT
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Jefe
those photos are SO depressing!
TMJesse
yes. let's hear it for letting the wilderness rest. However The God Of Commerce demands his rights.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Mar 28, 2015 - 03:45pm PT
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Yeah, late openings for sure or at least not early ones. This whole place gives so much to so many...........and the god of commerce besides being spelled with a lower case g is not everyones.
Cheers, Lynne
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Mar 28, 2015 - 04:59pm PT
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Screw that, you can go to the valley every day of the year if you live in the Bay Area (drinking up Hetch Hetchy) while us eastsiders can only get there once it's too damn hot.
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reach
Trad climber
Brisbane, CA
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Mar 29, 2015 - 05:23pm PT
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I will refute. Looks like it's still saying the same thing; OK to bicycle to White Wolf on the weekends. A nice ride. More than once I road to White Wolf from the Valley with a gazillion motor home side mirrors whizzing past.
Hey Timid, have you been up there in the last couple weeks? Thanks and stay visible on account of those mirrors!
Also, I just saw this thread is updated and there's new reply to my question on the 25th: http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/Update-for-March-18-2015.htm.
When they say "closed"... just how closed is "closed"???
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Mar 29, 2015 - 07:53pm PT
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Strong Closed
Closed, partially opened
Closed, but really, mostly open
Closed, but we're open
Is the pass open and how open is it? :)
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Mar 29, 2015 - 11:10pm PT
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while us eastsiders can only get there once it's too damn hot
Quite so.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Mar 29, 2015 - 11:19pm PT
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Yup, once it is hot as hell you guys can go to the valley, and us bay area people can go to the eastern sierra :)
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