Transportation · Tuolumne County
Three Sierra Passes Close Thursday; Winter Weather Advisory Sat-Sun
Three Sierra highway passes—Ebbetts, Sonora, and Tioga—closed Thursday ahead of a storm expected to bring up to an inch of rain to the Sonora area and 8 inches to a foot of snow on the highest Central Sierra peaks by Sunday. Highway 108 below Sonora Pass and Highway 4 below Ebbetts Pass closed at 2 p.m., while Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park was scheduled to close at 6 p.m. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for snow above 7,000 feet in the Central Sierra from 8 a.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday. Caltrans and the Park Service provided no estimated reopening times.