If you make a tourist trip to the west coast of the United States in a time that is not the summer in some areas you may find difficulties or limitations for visits because of bad weather. Specifically, one of the most frequently visited and limited at certain times of the year is Yosemite National Park in California so you may be interested to know which roads are closed and which areas you cannot visit when traveling to Yosemite in winter. However these areas are very beautiful for winter holidays despite the hazards. It’s magic to spend time in the snow of this beautiful park.
Yosemite is a natural area that combines valleys and high mountains so much time of the year it is covered in snow and some of the areas are inaccessible due to road closures. If we review the main tourist attractions of Yosemite National Park only the area known as Yosemite Valley is accessible almost all year except when winter snowstorms occur.
However, other areas of great attraction for visitors can in fact only be visited without problems from June to October. That is the case of the high mountain road Tioga Road, the viewpoint of Glacier Point and Mariposa Grove redwood forest. Access roads to these areas are closed to traffic during the winter and only one is open during the month of May, returning to close during the month of November.
For you to have in mind, it will be helpful to check the dates of opening and closing to traffic in winter for Yosemite’s roads in recent years so it can serve as reference to plan your visit to Yosemite in winter. In this regard, it should be noted that the area of ​​the giant sequoias of Mariposa Grove has remained open to traffic in the last two winters although historically it is customary to remain closed. Let’s see what happens this winter.
Yosemite Natural Park photos: jiquem, Randy Lemoine.
