Tioga Road report for June 4
Today, the crews were able to plow through avalanche zone 21 (Marmot Dome) and meet up with where the County left off. This does not mean that the road is opened. From Olmsted Point to Tuolumne Meadows, the road is plowed only a bit wider than one lane. Equipment failures have lead to this. We still need to widen these approximately 10 miles of road. We still have three active avalanche zones. In these areas, the road will remain only one lane wide until the zones are downgraded. The avalanche team believes Olmsted zone will probably remain a n avalanche zone for at least two more weeks. The road crews still need to plow out the administrative areas, widen the roadway, do ditching, road repairs, sweeping, and most of the signs along the road will need to be replaced. We still do not have a set opening date. We will be opening Segment 2, from Walker Party to Yosemite Creek, Thursday, June 9th.
We perhaps need an alternative plan. I will look into it.