On May 8, 11:24=A0pm, Don Kirkman wrote:
> It seems to me I heard somewhere that y_...@... wrote in
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> >On May 7, 11:56=A0am, Don Kirkman wrote:
> >> It seems to me I heard somewhere that Alohacyberian wrote in article
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> >> >"Don Kirkman" wrote in message
> >> >news:c1nrv4t682l5ob61dguv1cd0qlmcul4jdi@4ax.com...
> >> >>It might do if you can't find lodging closer in, but I'm not
> >> >> sure I'd like to commute over the Tioga pass very often. =A0:-)
> >> >Not to mention, Tioga Pass is sometimes closed. =A0KM
> >> True, but hardly ever =A0in the summer months when the OP plans to
> >> visit.
> >In a good snow year it can open in late June. =A0When I drove through in
> >late June 2006 there weren't any services available. =A0I saw the TM
> >store being set up and all the lodges and campgrounds were closed.
> >Not likely to happen this year though. =A0I hear they're probably going
> >to open by mid May.
> >http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tiogaopen.htm
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> You may have missed SMS's note: =A0"In the last 25 years, Tioga Pass
> Road hasn't been open by the first day of summer only twice, and even
> then it's only been the first 10 days of summer before it opened."
> Summer travel seems like a good bet, to me. =A0:-)
I really didn't say anything about summer per se. I just wanted to
give the OP a historical perspective using June as the starting point.
I'm not particularly sure what anyone really wants to define as
"summer". From the original poster's point of view, it would probably
be when the daughter's school year ends and they can go on vacation
together.
If the definition of summer is starting June 21, then it's actually 3
times in the last 25 years (or 4 in the last 26). A broader view of
summer as school vacation period starting in June would mean 6 of the
last 25 years Tioga Road hasn't opened until summer.
As for the original poster - I'd say that between Lodgepole and Grant
Grove has a lot of good dayhike possibilities. I recommend doing a
loop at the Redwood Mountain Grove, which is the largest sequoia grove
in the world. The "saddle loop" takes you through unpaved trails and
presents a far different experience than either Grant Grove or the
Giant Forest. It's maybe 5-6 miles with gentle grades. There are
bears though, but they're not much of a threat to human safety.
It might not even be too late to secure a reservation at a cabin or
lodge in the park. Delaware North operates the pricier Wuksachi
Lodge. Sequoia-Kings Canyon Park Services Company operates the John
Muir Lodge, Grant Grove Cabins, and Cedar Grove Lodge, as well as a
few properties in Giant Sequoia National Monument between Grant Grove
and Sequoia NP.
http://www.visitsequoia.com/Accommodations.aspx
http://www.sequoia-kingscanyon.com/lodging.html |