Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Not trying to fool anyone here, this was done during our last spring within days of Tioga Pass opening. Yosemite was not open yet and would not be for bunch of weeks to a month after, so there was really no one near there. We encountered a few cars going up and down, but unless you just wanted to check out the area there was no real reason to be there. I had been to Tioga Pass once before like this in a previous blog (linked at bottom).
Normally, I experience Tioga Pass during the summer, so I do not get to see it like this. I suspect that this is the same for most of the people that have been there. The reason being that unless you are able to travel from Yosemite on the western side to Tioga Pass/Lake you cannot get there during the late fall, winter, or spring. Tioga Pass is typically closed for most of the year. With that said, I have heard and seen pictures of people ice skating Tioga Lake back in 1970's when I was a little kid.
So, when I was there it was not a "winter wonderland" with snow covering everything, but you get to see the area with some "winterlike" features. My last video showed going down Tioga Pass, but I did this one going back up it. Enjoy:
Next blog will be at the beginning of the year 2025. I will show some drone pictures and video of my flight of Tioga Lake like this.
Note: if there are any issues/mistakes on this blog entry or videos, I will work on them when I get back to them after Christmas. I am kind of in a rush of doing lots of things this Christmas, visiting family/friends, and expect errors to happen along the way. Lol!
