Yosemite is open with some services limited due to COVID-19

Some services and facilities are limited, including shuttle service. Masks are required for everyone in shuttle buses and other enclosed buses. Reservations are not required to enter Yosemite (until May 20).

Is CA Highway 120 open?

Park Closures

Tioga Road (Hwy 120 through the park) is closed for the season due to snow; it usually opens in late May or June. Glacier Point Road is closed until May 2023.

Is Yosemite open to visitors?

Yosemite National Park is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. However, the Hetch Hetchy Entrance Station is open only during daylight hours (approximately) and some roads are closed due to snow from around November through May or June. (Check road conditions and Hetch Hetchy hours.)

Is Tioga Pass Open 2021?

Glacier Point Road closed for the season on December 7, 2021, and will remain closed until spring 2023 to rehabilitate and improve the road.

Can I drive through Tioga Pass?

Tioga Road over Tioga Pass is located in the eastern portion of Yosemite National Park and provides a way to drive through the park’s high country, connecting Yosemite Valley with Highway 395. It was built in the late 1930s and is the highest highway pass in California.

Is Tioga Pass closed now?

Highway 120 East /Tioga Pass: This route is closed for the season. Highway 120/The Big Oak Flat Road into Yosemite Valley is open year-round, but occasionally closes temporarily depending on conditions. Call ahead for current information. The Hetch Hetchy Road is open year-round but may temporarily close due to storms.

Is Sonora Pass Open 2021?

Sonora Pass is CLOSED as of December 6, 2021, at 2 PM due to approaching weather. . Check the Cal Trans website link for updates. For the most current information on roads, check with Caltrans.

Is Tioga Pass open to Yosemite?

Tioga Road is open to vehicles from late May or early June to sometime in October or November. When Tioga Road is closed, it is not possible to drive to Tuolumne Meadows or enter Yosemite National Park from the east.

Are California’s national parks open?

All California national parks are open.

Can you enter Yosemite without reservation?

People can drive through Yosemite without a reservation

“The entrance station ranger will provide a time-stamped permit valid for the time needed to travel from entrance to entrance,” park officials said.

Is the south entrance to Yosemite open?

Yosemite National Park is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Is Tenaya Lake open?

With Highway 120/Tioga Pass Road running along it’s north shore, Tenaya Lake is incredibly accessible when the seasonal road is open, typically from May through October. The views surrounding the lake are spectacular.

Is Sonora Pass Open 2022?

Caltrans Announces Monitor Pass (State Route 89) Opens Today for Spring/Summer Season 2022. Appril 1, 2022 – ALPINE COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will open Monitor Pass on State Route 89 at noon on Friday, April 1, 2022.

Do I need a reservation to drive through Tioga Pass?

Getting Around

You do not need a reservation to drive into Yosemite before 6 am or after 4 pm.

Do you have to pay to drive Tioga Pass?

From the east or west, the only way to get to Tioga Pass is on CA Hwy 120. Tioga Pass is the highest automobile pass in the Sierras. Be sure your vehicle is up to it, with a full tank or a fully charged battery. Because CA Hwy 120 passes through Yosemite National Park, you’ll have to pay an admission fee to use it.

How steep is Tioga Pass?

While Tioga pass averages only 4.9% (5.5% if adjusting for some descents on the climb) the five mile middle section of the climb averages 7.6%. The steepest quarter-mile is 10.4% and steepest mile 8.6%. Coupled with the elevation (30% less oxygen at the finish than at sea level), Tioga Pass is nothing to take lightly.