Road opened to the last gate yesterday afternoon , watch for rocks on the road , don't park in the road or in front of the last gate. parking is very limited about 10 stalls and limited along the edge of the road . Your vehicle must be off the white limit line . Very little snow last night up high , run off is strong now so north fork will be running strong and could see snow bridges , tree wells and rock wells ,

We could still have snow the next 3 months (one June 19 th we had 10 inches at the store) and expect several systems in late April to late May , upper elevation snow can last till mid to late June , main trail above 12.000' will be covered NO TRAIL above trailcamp to trailcrest .Up to trailcamp expect snow / ice and sections of dry trail but many false tracks when snow is encountered.

Last gate is about 300'feet distance to the trailhead.

Opening the road this early isn't a plus in many ways , some people will assume summer conditions and do well until above Lone Pine Lake or Lower Boyscout Lake then winter conditions will be found.

Slow travel so trips will be longer and postholing much of the area until we can get nights with freezzeing temps

A plug for the changing weather folks 2022-23 we had 300% of normal today we are looking like around 10% and March was the warmest on record for many areas, Recall the thoughts were extreme events and some area will be wetter other dryer and some hotter others colder , we might be seeing this now plus the past floods and major cloud burst .Off set with Bishop not seeing rain for 241 days several years ago. When we get weather questions all the above come into focus we are not seeing normal storms or during the historic time frames , we will have long periods of dry weather then several days of intense rain , monsoon season seems to have shifted into mid August and we are still seeing snow by late August on the upper elevation.


Hey bring a jacket and snacks! We could be up in the area and the fire crews could be clearing hazard trees or repair in the Portal and campgrounds so watch for work crews and vehicles. If you see the County road crew give them a hugh Thanks