I-Tioga Pass eJosemite

I-Tioga Pass ayiyona indawo eyayikuyo kuyo. Iphuzu eliphakeme kakhulu odlula phakathi kwe-Yosemite Valley ne-California empumalanga. Angisho ukuthi akufanele uhambe lapho, uzama ukusetha okulindelwe. Eqinisweni, ukushayela ngaphesheya kweTigaga Pass kungenye yezinto ezinhle kunazo zonke eSierras.

I-Tioga Pass ingamamitha angu-9 941 ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle. Ngasempumalanga yeJosemite, amamayela ayisithupha empumalanga yeTuolumne Meadows ku-CA Hwy 120.

Ibanga elivela ku-Yosemite Valley kuya ku-Lee Vining (e-US Hwy 295) lingaphansi kwamamayela angama-80, kodwa kuzothatha okungenani amahora amabili ukuyiqhuba. Lokhu kungukuthi uma ungayeki, okungenzeka kungenangqondo. Kungani? Ngenxa yalezi zindawo ezinhle uzodlula. Zibhalwe ohlwini ukuze ziqhube empumalanga zisuka eJosemite Valley.

Emakhilomitha ambalwa empumalanga yeTigaga Pass, i-CA Hwy 120 iwela i-US Hwy 395 edolobheni likaLee Vining, eliseduze neMono Lake . Ukusuka lapho, ungaya enyakatho ukuya eBodie Ghost Town , Bridgeport, naseLake Tahoe noma eningizimu kuya eMammoth Lakes, June Lake , Bishop kanye nase- Death Valley .

I-Tioga ihamba nini?

I-Tioga Pass ingenye yezindawo ezimbalwa lapho ungafinyelela khona eSierras. Nokho, umgwaqo uvala ngenxa yeqhwa. I-Tioga Pass ivala ngokushesha ngemuva kweqhwa eliqakathekileko eliqakathekileko ebusika, ngokushesha nje lapho likhuphuka kakhulu ukuze lisuse. Ivula lapho izinto zikhuphuka ngokwanele ukuze umgwaqo ususwe.

Phakathi nenkathi yokuqala yeqhwa, ungase ukwazi ukushayela ngaphezulu kweTigaga Pass, kodwa udinga ukwazi imithetho. Thola mayelana neziqondiso ze-snow chain eCalifornia futhi uma udinga .

Izinsuku zokuvala nokuvulwa zixhomeke esimweni sezulu futhi ziyahlukahluka ngonyaka. Usuku lokuvula oluqondile luxhomeke ngesimo sezulu, kepha iTigaga Pass ivame ukuvuleka ezitokisini kusukela ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi / ekuqaleni kukaJuni phakathi noNovemba. Hlola umlando we-Tioga Pass wokuvula nosuku lokuvala unyaka ukuze uthole umqondo ongcono wezinhlobo zamadethi.

Uma uhlela ukuhamba ngaphesheya kweTiga Pass ngenkathi yonyaka lapho ivaliwe, udinga uhlelo lwezemidlalo. Uma i-Tioga Pass ivaliwe, kungenzeka ukuthi zonke ezinye izindawo eziseduze zezintaba zizoba, futhi. Ungabheka konke endaweni eyodwa kuleli khasi kwiwebhusayithi yeCalTrans.

Uma uzimisele ukuya empumalanga yezintaba, ungakwazi ukufika enyakatho ngeLake Tahoe e-US Hwy 50 noma I-80.

Uma indawo oya kuyo ingeningizimu (Mt. Whitney, Lone Pine, Manzanar), ungathatha ama-US Hwy 99 ku-Bakersfield bese uya empumalanga ku-CA Hwy 58 udolobheni laseMojave ukuya e-US Hwy 395. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iyiphi enye indlela oyikhethayo , kufanele uhlole izimo zomgwaqo zamanje kwi-dot.ca.gov/ ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi imigwaqo ivulekile.

Ukufika ku-Tioga Pass

Ukusuka empumalanga noma entshonalanga, indlela yodwa yokufinyelela ku-Tioga Pass i-CA Hwy 120. I-Tioga Pass iyidlula eliphakeme kakhulu lemoto e-Sierras. Qinisekisa ukuthi imoto yakho ifike kuyo, nge-tank egcwele noma ibhethri eligcwele - bese uhlola izimo zomgwaqo zamanje zakwaTioga Pass.

Ngenxa yokuthi i-CA Hwy 120 idlulela ku-Yosemite National Park, kuzodingeka ukhokhe imali yokungena ukuyisebenzisa. Uma ungangena ngaphakathi epaki futhi ufuna nje ukuwela izintaba ngaphandle kokukhokha, zama iSonora Pass ku-CA Hwy 108 esikhundleni salokho.