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05-24-2019, 11:41 AM #1051
SEASONAL PASSES TO REMAIN CLOSED OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
100 Miles Of Road Cleared, But Late Storms, Above Average Snow Depth and Winter Conditions Cause Delay
Despite the heroic efforts of our crews working nearly seven days a week since the beginning of April to clear the high Sierra routes for the summer season, Ebbetts Pass/State Route 4 (SR-4) and Sonora Pass/SR-108 will remain closed through the Memorial Day holiday weekend due to unusually heavy winter conditions this year.
The work this year has included a snow pack that was 161% of normal. Crews encountered a consistently deeper snow pack at lower elevations than is normal with drifts up to 25’ at the higher elevations, which has caused work to slow from a normal average of ½ mile per day most years to at times as little as 1/10 of a mile per day this year.
With the addition of adding two shifts per day and despite all of the above, Caltrans crews from District 10 and Caltrans District 9 have succeeded in clearing snow from 100 miles of roads that are closed during the winter and will likely have all the snow removed from the routes within a matter of days.
The estimated time of opening is dependent on the progress to remove remaining snow from the routes and the completion of any repairs needed to fix damage to the roadway, guardrail, culverts, drains and signs, due to damage from rockfall, trees, snow and ice prior to reopening the routes for the season.
Yosemite National Park manages Tioga Road inside the park boundary which remains closed with no estimate for when it is expected to open for the season.
For the safety of the traveling public and our crews, the routes will remain closed despite this progress as winter conditions will continue to persist and ice and rockfall will be a hazard particularly in the shaded sections of the roadways.
Thanks for your patience and understanding. We know how important it is for communities on either side of the pass for the route to be open for the summer season. For the latest in highway information please check http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov or call our Road Condition Hotline at 1-800-427-ROAD (7623).
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Date: May 23, 2019
Location: State Route 4/Ebbetts Pass, Alpine County, CA
Credit: Caltrans District 10 MaintenanceI didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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05-29-2019, 09:14 PM #1052Registered User
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Sonora Pass may open tomorrow according to https://twitter.com/caltrans9?lang=en
I was tipped off from email from Snowbrains who also posted at https://snowbrains.com/sonora-pass-c...row-afternoon/Last edited by tseeb; 05-29-2019 at 09:16 PM. Reason: Add more info
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05-29-2019, 10:02 PM #1053
Ebbetts Pass at noon
Sonora Pass at 2pmI didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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05-30-2019, 07:12 AM #1054
keep an eye on the weather - big thunderstorms yesterday and more in the forecast
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05-30-2019, 12:10 PM #1055Registered User
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We had good two days at bear valley. Sunday was stormy so we got 4 laps in the closed resort. up to a foot of new snow.
Monday we went out to Round Valley. It was warmer and the snow was ok until about noon when an inversion fog came up valley and it warmed up and socked in.
bummed we couldn't meet up Mike. Next time.
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05-30-2019, 03:10 PM #1056
yeah sorry we missed each other - hopelessleyadolescent and I were a couple hours behind you
it's pissing rain and booming in Bear Valley at the moment
going to head up to Ebbetts Pass in the morning
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05-30-2019, 06:10 PM #1057
Driving through the drizzle in Pickel Meadows on our way up to recon Sonora Pass.
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05-31-2019, 09:49 AM #1058
And???
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05-31-2019, 10:09 AM #1059
Lots of slide activity in the area.
I skied a tree run just east of the pass.
Heavy, slushy manky turns.
The rain stopped at around 6:30.
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05-31-2019, 06:47 PM #1060
A few photos from yesterday evening.
Here is what we saw west of Sonora Pass:
We headed to a glade ridge on the east side of the pass.
Vets, Penny and Zooey
Vets starving the slushy mank
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06-02-2019, 04:46 PM #1061
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06-02-2019, 05:02 PM #1062Rod9301
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I wonder if anyone skied the y couloir?
I'm going there tomorrow.
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06-02-2019, 06:42 PM #1063
Yes people did
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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06-02-2019, 07:09 PM #1064
Yep,
I was up on no name yesterday, and leavitt today, maybe three people yesterday in the main couloir, then at least six did the skiers right leg today.
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06-02-2019, 08:20 PM #1065
Ebbetts Pass, June 2, 2019
We originally planned to ski somewhere off of the top of the pass. However, the large amount of snow meant that there was limited parking up on the pass. We came up with a plan B that had us starting from Kinney Reservoir and heading up a ridge to find some fine turns.
Ebbetts Peak
A view looking south on our approach
Mikey b, is this the ridge you skied?
Vets starting down
Zooey checks her speed by throwing in a turn while following Vets
Zooey leaps after Stev and Penny
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06-02-2019, 08:22 PM #1066
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06-03-2019, 07:57 PM #1067
I've got plans tomorrow to ski out of BV with a friend who is 70 and his friend who is 80. Humbling really.
Then Sonora Pass Wednesday.
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06-03-2019, 08:40 PM #1068Rod9301
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Y couloir today skied well. Didn't get sticky till just above the road, by the hairpin.
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06-03-2019, 09:09 PM #1069
nice
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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06-04-2019, 02:46 PM #1070
great tour today - fun being the 50 year old "young guy" in the group - we've got plans for every Tuesday until we can't ski anymore
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06-06-2019, 04:56 PM #1071
fuck it was windy at Ebbetts Pass today
rocks falling, cornices falling apartI didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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06-06-2019, 08:46 PM #1072Registered User
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Any room for another "young guy" in the coming weeks? I'm planning to be by at some point.
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06-06-2019, 10:28 PM #1073
Tuesdays
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06-11-2019, 03:48 PM #1074
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06-11-2019, 05:02 PM #1075
^
That looks nice!
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