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Whitney Portal Road opening 2021
#58473 04/11/21 01:34 PM
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I called the Inyo County Roads dept several days ago, and the person I spoke to said they hoped to have the road to Whitney Portal open by April 15.

Also the road to Onion Valley Road is open as of April 8.

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Steve C #58474 04/12/21 08:28 AM
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Thanks Steve. I've want to drive up to Onion Valley and the Portal to wander around for a couple days with the dog. We'll sleep in the back of the car.

Can you post when Horseshoe Meadows road opens, or is scheduled to open.

paul

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Paul #58475 04/12/21 09:00 AM
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Paul, sorry I left out Horseshoe Meadows. It is always the last to be opened--probably the most difficult due to potential rock slides. The Inyo county roads person didn't have any ideas when it would open.

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Steve C #58478 04/13/21 06:44 AM
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Thanks for the updates, Steve. smile

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MikeH #58496 04/19/21 06:31 PM
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just back from the Portal. The road is closed at the gate just below the overflow parking lot. And on Sunday, there had to be 30 cars parked along side the road, but by 7:30pm, most cars were gone.

Also, I went over to Onion Valley and the road is open all the way tp the trailhead.

And finally, the Horseshoe Meadows road was opened to the last gate which is about half a mile or so to the Cottonwood Trailhead. Not very much snow up there. Road is clear. I'll send Steve some pics and if wants, he can post them.

Paul

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Paul #58497 04/19/21 07:32 PM
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Thanks for posting that information, Paul.

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MikeH #58514 04/21/21 10:50 PM
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Here are three of Paul's pictures:

Whitney Portal
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Horseshoe Meadows
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Onion Valley
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