Day: May 25, 2006

Dane from over at the Business-Opportunities weblog sent me a note to let me know Caltrans has opened Highway 140 from Mariposa to El Portal and into Yosemite. You may remember this section of road was closed due to several rock slides along the road the most major blocking both lanes. Technorati Tags: roads

Many people have been emailing to ask me, “When will the Tioga Road be open?” Well I’m sorry to say it won’t be open for Memorial Day and probably not until mid June. The crews are currently working some of the most dangerous avalanche and rock slide areas around Olmsted Point which means slow going…

The Glacier Point Road is plowed and slated to open today just in time for Memorial Day. I know one person who is going to be extremely happy to hear that. Technorati Tags: roads, yosemite

For this special question I called in the help of Trail Guru Jon Shannon, author of the Yosemite Trails DVD. Reader Tom writes: My wife, kids, and I plan to visit Yosemite this month. With kids ages 6, 10, and 12, we had planned to spend the majority of time in the valley and also…