The Mammoth Times reports that Reds Meadow Road and the shuttle service to Mammoth will open on June 29. Read the Mammoth Times article.... Read more

Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announced today that the Tioga Road will open for the season on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. for all vehicle traffic. The Tioga Road, bounded on both sides by State Highway 120, is the popular east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada. Vault ... Read more

Due to record snowfall along the Sierra section of the Pacific Crest Trail, Reds Meadow road is projected to open later than normal this year.

Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers who are planning food drops or resupplies via Reds Meadow Valley should be advised that June 25th is a tentative opening ... Read more

Castle Crags State Park near Pacific Crest Trail mile 1507 is on the list of 70 California state parks to be closed due to budget cuts. About eight miles of the PCT appear to be in the state park and the campground near Castella is popular with PCT hikers.... Read more

Rob Langsdorf noted in his PCT Section Hiker’s Yahoo Group about the pending permanent closure of the unpaved section of State Hwy 173 [PCT mile 314.2] that impacts access to the PCT near Deep Creek [PCT mile 298.3] and Mojave Forks Dam [PCT mile ~314]. —————

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