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Badger Pass Daily Snow Report

Badger Pass Has closed For The Season, Thank You Everyone For An Outstanding Season!! We Plan On Opening for The 2009 / 2010 Season On December 18, 2009 weather Permitting.

Daily Snow Conditions
DATE
BASE DEPTH
NEW SNOW (last 24 hours)
SURFACE CONDITIONS
FORECAST
TEMPS

Downhill Trails	Opened	Groomed	Level of Difficulty
Turtle			Easiest
Beaver			Moderate
Rabbit			Moderate
Eagle			Moderate
Red Fox			Hardest
Wild Cat			Hardest
Chipmunk			Moderate
Badger			Hardest
Bruin			Easiest

Lifts	Open	Level of Difficulty
Turtle - Handle Tow		Easiest
Eagle - Triple		Moderate
Red Fox - Double		Hardest
Badger - Double		Hardest
Bruin - Double		Easiest

Cross-Country Ski & Snowshoe Trails

The Cross-Country Ski Center has closed for the season.

The following information denotes length of trail.

Glacier Point

Summit Meadow, 1mi.
Bridalveil Campground, 2.8mi.
Bridalveil Creek, 3.3 mi.
Ostrander Trailhead, 4.1-4.5mi
Clark Range View, 5.7mi.
Sentinel Dome, 9.2mi.
Glacier Point, 10.5mi.

Dewey Point

Meadow Trail, 3.5mi.
Ridge Trail, 4.0mi.

Ostrander Lake

Horizon Ridge. 9.0mi.
Merced Crest 9.7mi.
Bridalveil Creek, 10.3 mi.

Snow Tubing

Snow Tubing is Closed For The Season.

Road Conditions

Call (209) 372-0200, 1, 1, 1 for the most up-to-date road info.

The Badger Pass Road is currently R-0.

All vehicles entering Yosemite National Park must carry chains.

Snow Chains Information

When winter conditions exist in Yosemite, the park service requires all visitors to carry chains in their vehicle at all times, even if the vehicle is equipped with 4-wheel drive. Rangers evaluate the road conditions and determine the chain control levels.

Below, you will find definitions for four of the levels within a chain control area.

R-0: No restrictions, however all vehicles are required to carry chains or cables at all times.

R-1:Chains are required on all commercial vehicles (trucks or buses). All other vehicles (cars, pick-ups, vans, etc.) must have either mud and snow tread tires or chains on the drive axle.

R-2: Chains are required on all vehicles except four-wheel drives with mud and snow tread tires on all four wheels and provided that tire traction devices for at least one set of drive wheels are carried in or upon the vehicle.

R-3: Chains required - ALL VEHICLES- no exceptions

CalTrans has more information on chain controls and highway conditions outside Yosmite National Park.

Additional Information:

Mud and Snow tires are typically designated with a "M+S" on the side of the tire, and must have a minimum tread depth of 6/32 of an inch to be legal.
Tire traction devices (chains) can be link chain, cable chains and/or spider straps
Studded snow tires may be used if the tires are also rated as snow tires, if not, the tires must be chained up as Studs do not replace chains.
Any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds must chain up. (Typically this applies to large vans and up.)
All vehicles, including those with 4-wheel drive with snow tires that are towing trailers must have chains on one drive axle of the vehicle
If the trailer has brakes, it must also have chains on one axle.

Yosemite Reservations

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