


Tioga Pass Road Opening and Closing Dates
Read the latest about Tioga Pass on the Mono Lake Committee's Mono-logue.
Tioga Road was completed in 1915,
and paved in 1937. Note the short season during WWII. The section in
the park was rebuilt in 1961 and the section east of the park was
rebuilt 1965-70.
1933-2016
Average Tioga Pass Road Opening Date: May
28
Average Tioga Pass Road Closing Date:
November 3
Year
|
Opening Date
|
Closing Date
|
Days Open
|
1933
|
8-Jul
|
30-Sep
|
84
|
1934
|
17-May
|
28-Sep
|
134
|
1935
|
21-Jun
|
11-Oct
|
112
|
1936
|
1-Jul
|
9-Sep
|
70
|
1937
|
23-Jun
|
13-Oct
|
112
|
1938
|
5-Jul
|
16-Oct
|
103
|
1939
|
5-Jun
|
|
|
1940
|
8-Jun
|
20-Oct
|
134
|
1941
|
20-Jun
|
16-Oct
|
118
|
1942
|
27-Jun
|
13-Oct
|
108
|
1943
|
25-Jun
|
4-Sep
|
71
|
1944
|
27-Jun
|
4-Sep
|
69
|
1945
|
24-Jun
|
10-Sep
|
78
|
1946
|
9-Jun
|
6-Oct
|
119
|
1947
|
24-May
|
14-Oct
|
143
|
1948
|
25-Jun
|
22-Sep
|
89
|
1949
|
28-May
|
16-Oct
|
141
|
1950
|
30-May
|
26-Oct
|
149
|
1951
|
26-May
|
23-Oct
|
150
|
1952
|
21-Jun
|
13-Nov
|
145
|
1953
|
22-May
|
18-Oct
|
149
|
1954
|
26-May
|
14-Nov
|
172
|
1955
|
28-May
|
8-Nov
|
164
|
1956
|
16-Jun
|
24-Oct
|
130
|
1957
|
25-May
|
3-Nov
|
162
|
1958
|
22-Jun
|
22-Oct
|
122
|
1959
|
16-May
|
30-Oct
|
167
|
1960
|
27-May
|
31-Oct
|
157
|
1961
|
26-Apr
|
27-Oct
|
184
|
1962
|
26-May
|
1-Nov
|
159
|
1963
|
30-May
|
2-Nov
|
156
|
1964
|
16-May
|
31-Oct
|
168
|
1965
|
29-May
|
4-Nov
|
159
|
1966
|
27-May
|
6-Nov
|
163
|
1967
|
17-Jun
|
18-Nov
|
154
|
1968
|
4-May
|
3-Nov
|
183
|
1969
|
6-Jun
|
3-Nov
|
150
|
1970
|
15-May
|
1-Nov
|
170
|
1971
|
14-May
|
10-Nov
|
180
|
1972
|
11-Apr
|
7-Nov
|
210
|
1973
|
18-May
|
11-Nov
|
177
|
1974
|
17-May
|
28-Oct
|
164
|
1975
|
29-May
|
30-Oct
|
154
|
1976
|
10-Apr
|
29-Dec
|
263
|
1977
|
8-Apr
|
20-Nov
|
226
|
1978
|
3-Jun
|
10-Nov
|
160
|
1979
|
18-May
|
3-Nov
|
169
|
1980
|
6-Jun
|
2-Dec
|
179
|
1981
|
15-May
|
12-Nov
|
181
|
1982
|
28-May
|
8-Nov
|
164
|
1983
|
30-Jun
|
11-Nov
|
134
|
1984
|
19-May
|
5-Nov
|
170
|
1985
|
8-May
|
10-Nov
|
186
|
1986
|
24-May
|
6-Dec
|
196
|
1987
|
8-May
|
23-Nov
|
199
|
1988
|
29-Apr
|
13-Nov
|
198
|
1989
|
12-May
|
24-Nov
|
196
|
1990
|
17-May
|
19-Nov
|
186
|
1991
|
26-May
|
14-Nov
|
172
|
1992
|
20-May
|
29-Oct
|
162
|
1993
|
4-Jun
|
11-Nov
|
160
|
1994
|
26-May
|
10-Nov
|
168
|
1995
|
30-Jun
|
6-Dec
|
159
|
1996
|
31-May
|
24-Oct
|
146
|
1997
|
13-Jun
|
10-Nov
|
150
|
1998
|
1-Jul
|
6-Nov
|
128
|
1999
|
28-May
|
1-Jan 2000
|
218
|
2000
|
18-May
|
9-Nov
|
175
|
2001
|
12-May
|
20-Nov
|
192 |
2002 |
24-May |
6-Nov |
166 |
2003 |
31-May |
31-Oct |
153 |
2004 |
14-May |
17-Oct |
156 |
2005 |
24-Jun |
25-Nov |
154 |
2006 |
17-Jun |
26-Nov |
162 |
2007 |
11-May |
6-Dec |
209 |
2008 |
21-May |
30-Oct |
162 |
2009 |
19-May |
12-Nov |
177 |
2010 |
5-Jun |
19-Nov |
167 |
2011 |
18-Jun |
17-Jan 2012 |
213 |
2012 |
7-May |
9-Nov |
186 |
2013 |
11-May |
18-Nov |
191 |
2014 |
2-May |
13-Nov |
195 |
2015 |
4-May |
1-Nov |
181 |
2016 |
18-May |
16-Nov |
182 |
2017 |
29-Jun |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average:
|
29-May
|
3-Nov
|
159
|
Earliest:
|
8-Apr
|
4-Sep
|
69(least)
|
Latest:
|
8-Jul
|
17-Jan
|
263(most)
|
|
|
|
|
Average by
Decade
|
|
|
1933-39
|
19-Jun
|
2-Oct
|
103
|
1940-49
|
15-Jun
|
30-Sep
|
107
|
1950-59
|
1-Jun
|
30-Oct
|
151
|
1960-69
|
24-May
|
3-Nov
|
163
|
1970-79
|
8-May
|
11-Nov
|
187
|
1980-89
|
21-May
|
17-Nov
|
180
|
1990-99
|
4-Jun
|
15-Nov
|
165
|
2000-09 |
25-May |
11-Nov |
171 |
2010-19 |
23-May |
22-Nov |
188 |
If road opened
then closed briefly again, the earliest opening
and latest closing date is used. Days open refers to the number
of days between these dates and does not reflect closures
within these dates. For example, in 1999 the pass was closed
from Nov. 18-Dec. 23, but the "days open" figure
includes these 35 days that it was closed.
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Pre-1994 data
compiled by Bob Gregg. Post-1994 data compiled by Mono Lake Committee.
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