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traveling to yosemite national park
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GHammer
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Always bring traction devices when traveling to the mountains in winter.
Check QuickMap for current conditions. Also check Current Conditions - Yosemite National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Buckeye614
Member
GHammer
Dark Star
While it's always advisable when traveling to Yosemite in the winter to have chains, I did a quick check of webcams and the forecast, and it looks like easy driving right now. No snow in the valley.
fholbert
Active Member
I looked at the web cams this morning, they don’t appear to be current. One had a 2022 date.
Was up in Yosemite in January; not with a Tesla, though. Snow tends to show up in a hurry in the winter. You don't want to get caught out. Spend the money on some chains and, ahead of time, figure out how to put them on. Better safe than sorry.
You didn't say what kind of tires you're running on. SR and LR Teslas come with All Seasons which aren't total $BS in snow, generally. Any "P" variant comes with Summer Tires which is like putting grease on the wheels - they're nearly useless in the snow, never mind being hard bricks with no traction once the temperature gets below 45F or so.
(Speaking as an Northeast Coaster who grew up in serious snow and other forms of non-liquid precipitation. For those who live in the lowlands of CA, all that snow up there, if one hasn't driven in it before, may come as something of a shock. Every turn turns into a four-wheel drift, no matter how slow...)
You didn't say what kind of tires you're running on. SR and LR Teslas come with All Seasons which aren't total $BS in snow, generally. Any "P" variant comes with Summer Tires which is like putting grease on the wheels - they're nearly useless in the snow, never mind being hard bricks with no traction once the temperature gets below 45F or so.
(Speaking as an Northeast Coaster who grew up in serious snow and other forms of non-liquid precipitation. For those who live in the lowlands of CA, all that snow up there, if one hasn't driven in it before, may come as something of a shock. Every turn turns into a four-wheel drift, no matter how slow...)
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
There is essentially zero snow right now in any accessible portion of the park. These past couple storms have been incredibly warm. Currently no precipitation forecast for the next 10 days. Nights are getting cold though so expect icy roads.
Watts_Up
Well-Known Member
Unless you park in a garage, I would recommend also getting some Windshield Cover for Ice and Snow.
I have one for the front and one for the rear. Otherwise at least put some carboard to save time from scraping ice.
