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Five camps in Yosemite won't open this year

San Francisco Chronicle

Thursday 23 June 2005, 1:38 pm
Keywords: News Articles

It's still winter in the high country in Yosemite National Park. There is so much snow remaining, in fact, that the famed High Sierra camps will not open at all this summer.

It is only the second time in 89 years that the camps were closed because of snow conditions. The last time was in 1995 following a severe winter.

The winter's snow usually melts by late spring or early summer. This year is different. Temperatures have dropped below freezing on several nights. The High Sierra got a dusting of snow as recently as last weekend.

Other facilities in the Yosemite Sierra are expected to open in the next few weeks.

The Tioga Pass road, at 9,900 feet above sea level, will open at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The store, gas station and lodge at Tuolumne Meadows will open on July 8, as will the facilities at White Wolf, also on the Tioga Road, the Park Service said.

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