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Tonijim
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Aug 29, 2017

Beware "Old Priest Grad Road" - west entry to Yosemite

Learned a hard lesson today traveling on CA 120 to the west entrance to Yosemite. Google Maps told us to take what appeared to be a shortcut called "Old Priest Grade Road ". No warnings of what was to...
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Lwiddis
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2017
"Old Priest Grade is one of the steepest paved roads in Tuolumne County, and some hill-climbing bicyclists believe it’s one of the steepest in the Golden State. Duke York, deputy director for Tuolumne County roads and engineering, said the road is 1.97 miles from bottom to top, with grade steepness up to 18 percent, and the steepest stretch might be closer to 20 percent." per Union-Democrat, a Sonora, CA newspaper.

I did CA 4 in my youth with a trailer but never OPG.

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