Since we haven't had snow since before Thanksgiving--Tioga Pass, the road to Yosemite--has remained open. It's one of the few times that anyone can remember the pass being open in January. Usually it's closed from October to early Summer--depending on the snow pack. Everyone has been heading up to check it out--and ice skate on Tenaya Lake. As one meteorologist put it--"we'll likely never see the pass open in January again in our lifetime."
So we crewed up and motivated on Jan 2. Our friends Marc, Chris, Tina, and Crystalyn joined us. While there wasn't much snow on the ground..it was pretty cool. Made it down to the valley floor, had lunch at the Ahwahnee, went up to Glacier Point, and hiked down to the giant Sequoias in Mariposa Grove. A good day...and a good way to start 2012.
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