Inside Yosemite National Park, Highway 120 has a crack that is about 200 feet long and up to four feet deep. The road surface has moved two to three inches and is continuing to move. So this principal entrance to Yosemite National park will be closed until it can be fixed, at least through mid-June.
The crack on 120 is between the Big Oak Flat entrance and Crane Flat.
Hetch Hetchy is still accessible from Highway 120, and we hope more visitors will decide to venture to that special part of Yosemite National Park.
Some may recall that the original route for this road was further north, and would have allowed motorists to peer into the Hetch Hetchy canyon from the shoulder of Smith Mountain. The road was illegally rerouted after an agreement between San Francisco and NPS Director Stephen Mather – see RHH Fall 2020 Newsletter and/or our Keeping Promises report.
This coming Thursday evening, Restore Hetch Hetchy board members Lucho Rivera and Mecia Serafino will be screening Finding Hetch Hetchy at the Arc’teryx store in Palo Alto. It is a great opportunity to see the film on the big screen and especially to meet Lucho and Mecia.
Details are available on the Arc’teryx website.
Mecia and Lucho
Also, legendary climber Alex Honnold (he’s the “Free Solo” guy who climber El Capitan without ropes) does a really nice interview of Lucho. It’s available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.
Finally, we are still collecting signatures to support improved access to Hetch Hetchy. If you haven’t signed, please do so. If you have friends or family who might be interested, please encourage them to sign as well.
