When does Yosemite generally open?
I know the obvious answer, Depends. Depends on how much snow was gotten during the winter, and how late in the spring it continued to snow. I'm just wondering what the normal historical average i...
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Late April through early Nov are pretty much snow free.
CalTrans and the Highway Patrol are pretty conservative with respect to chain requirements considering there are all types of divers from all over the world. I suggest you buy some, they periodically check you are in fact carrying them, return them after your trip if you don't use them. Several of the tire shops offer that option around my area. By the way there have been times in the central Sierra Nevada mountains I have been required to chain up even with my 4x4. The other thing blue sky's can turn to snowfall in hours, and again it doesn't take much snow for the chain requirements to go in effect.
CalTrans and the Highway Patrol are pretty conservative with respect to chain requirements considering there are all types of divers from all over the world. I suggest you buy some, they periodically check you are in fact carrying them, return them after your trip if you don't use them. Several of the tire shops offer that option around my area. By the way there have been times in the central Sierra Nevada mountains I have been required to chain up even with my 4x4. The other thing blue sky's can turn to snowfall in hours, and again it doesn't take much snow for the chain requirements to go in effect.
