Yosemite Closes – “Leave As Soon As Possible”
A snowstorm is expected to create dangerous conditions over the next few days
Yosemite National Park is closed Friday because of a snowstorm that has dumped several feet of snow in the area. The National Park Service announced that the park would remain closed until Sunday at noon and possibly later.
People in the park were urged to “leave as soon as possible” and no later than by noon today. The storm will be taking place in the Lower Sierra and Yosemite Valley, with the park noting that Badger Pass could receive over seven feet of snow.
Earlier this week, hundreds of photographers in the Yosemite took photos of Horsetail Falls as it lights up into “fire falls” for a few days at the end of February every year.
The wind gusts are expected to reach 70 mph in the lower elevations and above 115 mph up high. People are told to cancel travel plans because of “treacherous and potentially life-threatening” conditions with near-zero visibility over the coming days.
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