Last Updated: Morning of 4/24/25

Road Status for Backcountry Access

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Mount Shasta Trailheads

UPDATED 4-24-25

The Everitt Memorial Highway is open! Bunny Flat is accessible but all other wilderness trailheads are still closed and buried in snow. You may still access snow covered trailheads, but services are limited. Don't forget your summit pass, wilderness permit and human waste packet back.

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Lassen National Park Road (CA 89)

UPDATED 4-24-25
Note: Lassen has not been updating their conditions page. We're relying on crowdsourced information. Let us know what you see when you're there!

North side: Road is plowed to the Devastated Area, but not yet open to cars.
From the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center: Bulldozers have arrived and have started working, but the road is still snow-covered

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CA 4 (Ebbetts Pass)

UPDATED 4-23-25

The closure on the East side is at Raymond Meadows (7.5 miles west of junction with 89).
The closure on the West side is at Lake Alpine.

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Twin Lakes Road

UPDATED 4-20-25

Open to Mono Village

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Virginia Lakes Road

UPDATED 4-23-25

Open at least to Little Virginia Lakes Rd, conflicting reports of being open to the end of the road

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CA 108 (Sonora Pass)

UPDATED 4-24-25

Caltrans is making great progress: Plows are within a few miles of the pass, on both sides.
The road is gated at the Sno Park (mile 38.7) on the west side, and Pickel Meadows, (mile 9.8) on the east side

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CA 120 (Tioga Pass Road)

UPDATED 4-24-25

Closed on the west side at Crane Flat.
Closed on the east side 3.5 mi west of the junction with US 395.

From Yosemite's winter rangers in Tuolumne on April 16, "Visitors approaching from Lee Vining should anticipate dry pavement to at least Ellery Lake as highway workers are making good progress towards Tioga Pass."

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Rock Creek Road

UPDATED 4-24-25

OPEN all the way! According to Mono County's road closure page

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CA 168 (Aspendell/Sabrina Road)

UPDATED 4-24-25

Closed at Aspendell

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Onion Valley Road

UPDATED 4-24-25

Closed at 7 pines road, per Inyo County

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