In article <1151640412.620042.64000@y41g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:
>> >> Sounds like 140 is going to be closed for 6 months.
>> >
>> >If I read my map right, there is Incline Rd on the other side of the river.
>> >Is this a useable option?
Eugene Miya wrote:
>> No.
>
>Not quite the level detail I was looking for, so let me clarify:
>
>If one has a bicycle, is there a way through
>by going on the other side of the river?
The Merced?
It's running high.
The next chance I may go thru the Park over to Bishop but may stop to
see friends in the Valley to recover some bear literature I loaned Jeff
(a ranger who used to read and post in r.b.) won't be until about July 8.
>(Note: I believe Caltrans plans on running their
>temporary bridge over to the other side
>of the river.)
I am not privy to Caltrans plans at this time.
The closure isn't merely about the CA140.
It's about rock slides, a common occurance in mountain areas which
non-resident travellers tend not to think much about.
There's a minor dam on the Merced with this slide.
If you google old news about rock slides and Yosemite you will find
articles about the modest (some would say Big, they are wrong) slide
which killed a guy in Happy Isles. This is why also there is no
stopping allowed next to Camp 4 (the Rixon pinnacle area).
Sure they may do a temp bridge over the Merced. Entirely possible,
but they won't do anything stupid because one of their guys was killed
in an avalanche plowing 120 due part due to political pressure to get
the road open for economic interests.
They don't really even want civilians walking around the slide area.
Of course every area there is a slide area.
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