Yosemite National Park crews were working hard to remove snow from recent storms/NPS
Yosemite National Park, which was buried beneath a snowstorm late last month, will remain closed at least through the coming weekend, the park announced Tuesday.
In a social media post, the park said while the park might reopen on March 13, "[A]nother storm system is forecast at the end of the week that could result in further impacts to the park."
"We have received significant snowfall over the last two weeks. National Park Service and partner crews are working hard to move snow, restore power, resupply stores, and perform numerous other tasks," the park reported.
The storms left drifts 15 feet high in parts of the park. Tasks park crews have been focused on included:
- Plowing roads to two full lanes wide.
- Plowing parking lots and pullouts. Most parking lots are still under up to six feet of snow.
- Evaluating snow loading on trees near roads and facilities (which could cause trees to fall in popular areas).
- Locating and digging out hundreds of fire hydrants and propane tanks.
- Damage assessments on park buildings (mostly damage to chimneys and roof vents from snow sliding off roofs).
- Removing snow from rooftops to prevent structure collapse and danger to bystanders from snow sliding off roofs.
- Various other facilities and vehicles need to be dug out, repaired, and/or resupplied.
Yosemite National Park is not expected to reopen before next week/NPS
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