Over Tioga Pass Again

Grand Jcn, CO, Lowe's

    Most of my trips over Tioga Pass have been from east to west; hwr, the trip on 31 Aug 2016 was from west to east.
    And the first scenic stop was at Olmsted Point, which has a large parking lot. The dome visible between two pines is not Half Dome. [See links below.]

 

 

 

    At the east end of the Olmsted Pt Parking Lot there's a good view of Tenaya Lake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Zooming in gives one a slightly better view of this roadside lake -- where there is often insufficient parking for those who wish to take photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    The western edge of Tuolumne Mdws -- where the vehicles seem at times to outnumber the flies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Look north while ignoring the glare from the silver SUV on the other side of CA120.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    I suspect only a few of these vehicles belong to hikers or backpackers headed to or at Cathedral Lakes.

 

 

 

 

 

    Finally, here's a zoom north tween the "silver mirror" and another vehicle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Finally at the front of the line I scrambled to take this photo of the Tioga Pass kiosk.

 

 

 

 

 

    Here's a closeup with the elevation of 9945 feet clearly noted -- the highest of the passes over the Sierra Nevada.

 

 

 

 

    There was a strong SW wind blowing, but the waves caused by it are not visible from here.

 

 

 

 

 

    The waves are clearly visible through my right window despite the reflection of the sun from my ice chest.

 

 

 

 

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Links:

• 26 Oct 2011 post on Tioga Road
• Wikipedia article on Tioga Pass
• 23 Apr 2011 entrance from the south
• Saddlebag Lake & Yosemite Park

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Routes:

• W 5 Oct Actual Route: Bishop City Pk - Irwin Spector - Lone Pine - Olancha - CA90 bd
• Th 6 Oct Actual Route: CA 90bd - Inyokern - Kennedy Mdws - Sherman Pass - Kernville - Bakersfield - Wasco W/M
• F 7 Oct Actual Route: Wasco W/M - Paso Robles - San Miguel - Salinas - Marina W/M - SC - DWLs
• Sa 8 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - Aptos Br Lib - DWLs
• Su 9 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - Scotts Valley Br Lib - Dollar Tree - DWLs
• M 10 Oct Actual Route: DWLs - San Jose - SF - Bodega Bay - Ft Bragg - McDs - S&As
• T 11 Oct Actual Route: Ft Bragg(S&As) - Eureka - Forest Glen - Hyampom
• W 12 Oct Actual Route: Hyampom - Hayfork - Weaverville - Hayfork - K&Js
• Th 13 Oct Actual Route: K&Js - Hayfork - Weaverville - Redding - Anderson - Dunnigan I-5 Rest Area
• F 14 Oct Route: Dinnigan I-5 Rest Area - Vacaville - San Jose - SV Lib -DWLs

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Finding Campgrounds:

• RV Campgrounds from TrailerLifeDirectory.com
• Family Camping Directories from Woodalls.com
• Free campsites website
• Info on finding BLM Campgrounds

N.B. I receive nothing from Trailer Life, Woodalls, or FreeCampsites.net for including links to their free campground lookups.