Yosemite National Park remains closed due to winter storm; More snow expected this weekend

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (KGO) — Yosemite National Park remains closed and inaccessible after more snow fell there over the weekend. Conditions remain treacherous as locals worry about the next wave of bad weather.

There is nowhere to put the snow. The locals dubbed March 6 “Dig Day”. Some sun and dazzling blue skies are just what those stuck in Yosemite National Park need.

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The park has been closed since February 25th. In Wawona, south of Yosemite Valley, a huge amount of snow has fallen, in places up to 15 feet deep.

Michael Henderson owns Pine Tree Market, the only shop in the city for those isolated in houses and rented shacks on unplowed streets.

“When it falls quickly and furiously is one thing, but it is constant over a long period of time. There is a lot of snow every day for many days. People walk, everyone has spikes in their boots. Someone even drove up to the market the other day,” Henderson said.

Schools are closed. Roads are closed. and Stocks are running out for some food and even heat.

VIDEO: Snowfall reaches 15 feet in parts of Yosemite National Park.

“There are a lot of side roads, we don’t keep up with the plowing to make them available for propane, and then even if they get to your house, they will have to wade chest-deep in snow, shoveling the tank. to connect and top up,” Henderson said.

Webcams have online views of iconic places in the park, where waterfalls are now raging. This time of year, tourists usually flock to Yosemite to see the “fire falls” at El Capitan. But visitors are not allowed in until park officials have cleared the roads and rooftops. In addition, more problems are brewing with the weather.

“I hear up to six inches of rain between Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And then all that snow, especially at this 4,000 feet, will be warmer rain, and all that snow will be in the river very quickly,” Henderson said.

Fire-ravaged areas of Yosemite National Park are subject to runoff and flooding from local streams and the Merced River.

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