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A Good Time to Visit Tuolumne Area?

As you may have heard, although Tioga Pass Road is open the Park Service and concessions are being slow about opening up services. Apparently many campgrounds are still closed as are some of the other facilities. Martha Claassen went thru there earlier this week and reports:

Tuesday I drove through the park to Twin Lakes and put the poster up
in Tuolumne Meadows at the store, campground, and wilderness office.
If anyone wants to visit that part of the park without the usual
summer crush they should get up there right now!! It was a beautiful
day and there were less than 6 cars parked at Olmstead Point (and one lone photographer there snapping the sunset Weds. night) , one car
in the Wilderness Permit lot, almost no one on the road at all, you
get the picture. It is sad that the camping facilities are not
available for use, I know there are many
disappointed would be visitors to our national treasure, but for the
hiker/backpacker, or
anyone that dislikes crowds, this late opening is bliss…

Sounds almost as good as October, but with the mosquitos… ;-)
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June 30, 2005 - Posted by gdanmitchell | News