Is Tioga Pass Open?

No, and it's unclear when it will open.

April 24, 2025

Road crews started working on April 22 and are now plowing about three miles west of White Wolf (about 12 miles of road cleared). The avalanche team is working ahead of the plows to spread charcoal at the Olmsted Point avalanche zone.

Tioga Road is typically open to vehicles from late May or June until sometime in November. Plowing typically begins around April 15.

In some years, Tioga Road opens to cycling one or more days before opening to vehicles. If this occurs this year, we'll provide that information here.

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Hi, I'm Chase. The initial reason for building this was for biking. Tioga Pass is typically open to cyclists only for one or two days every year. Yosemite gives notice when this is happening only a few days before prior, so if you want to ensure that you get the opportunity to ride it, you either need to check the website frequently, or simply subscribe to updates from here. Here’s a one-way Strava segment (58 miles, 6k elevation gain). Of course, you might find this helpful for other reasons.

Can I trust this information?

I scrape the two official Yosemite websites (plowing page, conditions page) a few times a day. Whenever there are changes, I run some analysis through ChatGPT to determine if the road is open or not. The code is on Github. I track the history of the plowing page updates if you’re curious. Any changes that are not reflected on that Yosemite website will not show up here either.

Tioga Pass?

Tioga Pass is a gorgeous road that cuts through Yosemite, bridging the eastern and western Sierras. It also provides access to many incredible hikes. It’s closed about half of the year due to snow.