Yosemite Valley flooding, and 175″ of snow at Tioga Pass (April 2023)

Spring floods are beginning! The water level at Pohono Bridge is rising and the daily surge height is increasing every day. How high will it go?

https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=pohc1&wfo=hnx
April data. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/11266500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P365D
Mid June – 6 weeks later

And if you want to understand why Tioga Pass is still closed…

https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/QueryF?s=TES

Wait…175 inches?? That is 4.8 yards ! Could that possibly be true? Well, just take a look at the Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions blog :

https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/tmconditions.htm

That blog is written by Laura and Rob Pilewski. For the past 11 years these Yosemite Winter Rangers have been caretakers of the Meadows. A fascinating read.

June 2023 update: Still a LOT of snow up there even tho I heard 140 is open now.

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