Plowing Tioga Road

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The guys working on Tioga Pass posted a few pictures on there feed.
Check it out

 

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[sunbulls]

That last photo is a beauty. SUV manufactures must be watching this closely with a keen eye for their next advertisement. Who will take the trip first, the Toyota 4Runner, the Ford Bronco or possibly the whoop-de-do Subaru Forester?

 

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[Crawdad]

Holy Moly. And Kentucky all but shuts down if 6" falls........

 

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They have been at it for weeks now. Several places in Yosemite are closed because of high water levels in the Merced River, this warm weather has been melting it faster than normal.

73
Jeff

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Fook dat crap.

 

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Update, estimated time of opening July 4th

 

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One of the residents of the park yesterday, and he looks healthy.

 

[whiteastro]

One of the residents of the park yesterday, and he looks healthy.View attachment 64091

Thanks for all the really nice pics. Make a old guy happy that he is not there ! LOL

 

[TM86]

One of the residents of the park yesterday, and he looks healthy.View attachment 64091

Must have hibernated really good since there weren't many tourists to eat during the winter.

 

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Early spring they were digging out to record snowpack, so they moved to lower elevations where there was plenty to eat, and then worked there way back up to the park.

All of the deer around here look good this year, spring was wet and lots of good foraging was available to them.
I usually have to run them out of the flower beds ( they love roses bushes for snacks) but this year they have plenty to eat so they have left them alone.

73
Jeff

 

[Crawdad]

One of the residents of the park yesterday, and he looks healthy.

And hungry..........

 

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During the summer when they get active in the valley, in the employee housing areas you will see big pelican boxes sitting around.
Inside is gear to track tagged bears in the park.
it is common to see them in the summer, but fall is when they start to really get hungry. They are thinking about winter and will half rip a door off of imports for a ice chest or a bag of potato chips.
There are steel food lockers outside the tent cabins........

73
Jeff

 

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They found this Ford truck up at Mammoth hiding in the snow, I don't think that's going to buff out....

73
Jeff