Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Tioga Pass closed temporarily

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

This post was written by Emma Oschrin, 2014 Project Specialist.

Due to the recent storm, Tioga Pass (Highway 120 west) is temporarily closed. While we only had a sprinkling of rain in the town of Lee Vining, Tioga Pass is at a much higher elevation and received enough snow to warrant a road closure. Yosemite National Park has not released an official time frame for reopening the road but we will update the Mono-logue as soon as we have more information.