Friday, May 13, 2011

A fun fact

As many of you may know, this year's winter was quite prolific, dropping more snow than the region had seen in some time. The positives of this was a declaration of the end of the drought that has been on the minds of many people in California for years.

It's also been delaying the opening of several roads in Yosemite. We did some research, and in years where the snow pack has been 156% or greater, Tioga Road has no opened until late June. The latest opening of Tioga Pass we could find was July 1 1983, when the snow pack hit exactly 156%.

Last year we had a 107% snowpack, and a June 5 opening. But, we also hate late snow that fell the last week of May. With snow possible this weekend, it will be interesting to see how this progresses.

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