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Las Vegas-Yosemite-San Francisco in May
Advice please on route from Las Vegas to San Francisco via Yosemite, in
early May. I did not realise that the road thro Yosemite would no doubt be closed until June or so. Would like to visit a couple of parks enroute. Thanks. |
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Las Vegas-Yosemite-San Francisco in May
"Jay Wye" xxxxxxx wrote in message ... Advice please on route from Las Vegas to San Francisco via Yosemite, in early May. I did not realise that the road thro Yosemite would no doubt be closed until June or so. It seems that in the last 30 years the earliest it has opened is May 2 and the latest June 30. I must have got lucky. I definately went in the Spring as the waterfall was 'on'. I went back in September of another year with a friend and someone had turned it off. I was unaware that the pass might be closed. Would like to visit a couple of parks enroute. You can drive through Death Valley and then do Mono Lake hoping that the pass is open. If it isn't you have to travel further north to Monitor Pass which appears to be open all year and then drive back toYosemite. (Sonora Pass is a really good drive too, but I suspect that this is closed even longer than Tioga). Or you can loop round via Mojave and Joshua Tree and enter Yosemite directly from the South West. I recommend both, but obviously you have to choose one. tim |
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Las Vegas-Yosemite-San Francisco in May
"Jay Wye" xxxxxxx wrote in :
Advice please on route from Las Vegas to San Francisco via Yosemite, in early May. I did not realise that the road thro Yosemite would no doubt be closed until June or so. In most years, Hwy 120 through Yosemite does not open until the last weekend in May. In some years it opens much later. Your other option is to head west from Vegas and then north through the Sequoia foothills to Yosemite. Maybe stop at Death Valley, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon national parks along the way. Note that the entrances to the mountain parks are via slow winding roads, so you will need several hours to get from Hwy 99 to the main tourist area of Sequoia or Kings Canyon. Also, be prepared for snow on the hiking trails at higher elevations (even in July). |
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Jay Wye wrote:
Advice please on route from Las Vegas to San Francisco via Yosemite, in early May. I did not realize that the road thro Yosemite would no doubt be closed until June or so. Would like to visit a couple of parks en route. Thanks. Another option is to visit Lake Isabella. Take I-15 southwest from Las Vegas, then CA-58 west from Barstow, CA, then US-395 north to CA-178 west. After visiting Lake Isabella, continue west on CA-178 to CA-99 in Bakersfield, then north to Yosemite (or stop at Kings or Sequoia along the way, as others have suggested). By the way, there is a web site (http://www.monobasinresearch.org/data/tiogapass.htm) which tracks the annual opening and closing dates of Tioga Pass (CA-120); Although the Average opening date has been May 30th, it has ranged from April 8th (in 1933) to July 8th (in 1977). |
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Jay Wye wrote: Advice please on route from Las Vegas to San Francisco via Yosemite, in early May. I did not realise that the road thro Yosemite would no doubt be closed until June or so. Would like to visit a couple of parks enroute. Thanks. I concur with other suggestions. But with global warming, maybe Tioga pass will be open sooner than prior years. |
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Las Vegas-Yosemite-San Francisco in May
"Jay Wye" xxxxxxx wrote in message ... Advice please on route from Las Vegas to San Francisco via Yosemite, in early May. I did not realise that the road thro Yosemite would no doubt be closed until June or so. Would like to visit a couple of parks enroute. Thanks. Appreciate the replies. Writing this from Scotland, where the first proper snow of the winter has totally disrupted the traffic today!! I look forward to my drive through Nevada and California. JayWye |
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Las Vegas-Yosemite-San Francisco in May
Jay Wye wrote:
Advice please on route from Las Vegas to San Francisco via Yosemite, in early May. It's likely to be quite inconvenient on that date BUT if the Tioga Pass is open: Las Vegas to Pahrump to Shoshone through Death Valley to Lone Pine to Mono Lake through Yosemite to San Francisco. This route is about seven hundred miles, only a hundred farther than Las Vegas to San Francisco absent Death Valley and Yosemite. It's a great trip, one I've taken four times (two each way) in the past few years and might do this year, too. You've already seen the Tioga Pass opening dates. If this year continues to be as cold as it's been AND we get some snow, it might be a late opening. Here's "A bit of non-gambling Las Vegas" with about a dozen useful links: http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/LasVegas.html If you're there on a Monday, go to the bar in the back of the Stratosphere at 20:00 for a Blues Jam that's a blast. The "Don't-miss SIGHTS in San Francisco" page http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Sights.html has enough to keep you busy for nine twelve-hour days. It includes links to your best source of advice on WHERE TO EAT here, the UseNet Group ba.food, and the quite-good sfSurvey. It also has a WEATHER CHART with a link to current conditions. The best on-line MAP of San Francisco is an inter-active PDF created for the San Francisco Municipal Railway: http://geocities.com/iconoc/Grafix/CityWide.pdf. I recommend 150% or greater magnification. There's also a link that will tell you HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE. Other links on the page, http://geocities.com/iconoc/Grafix/FlagMaps.html are a map of our CABLE CAR ROUTES and a superb map of GOLDEN GATE PARK. The frequently-updated SPECIAL EVENTS page has irregularly-scheduled music and dances as well as links to seven calendars of regularly-scheduled dances, a composite of five of them, and one of dance cruises and events around the world: http://geocities.com/dancefest/Specials.html -- __________________________________________________ ______________ A San Franciscan who's visited 49 of 50 US states. http://geocities.com/dancefest/ --- http://geocities.com/iconoc/ ICQ: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 ------- IClast at Gmail com -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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