Trails to Nevada Falls, Glacier Point, Tenaya Canyon, and Taft Point are closed indefinitely. The trail to Nevada Falls, which is the beginning of the John Muir Trail, is the top priority for repairs. Officials expect to find damage on the road to Tuolumne Meadows once the heavy snowpack melts, and the Hetch Hetchy road is closed. E xpect a late summer. The snowpack is double normal.
Rangers warn that a layer of ice from a winter rain hides under newer snow.
Spring avalanche hazard will stay high until the sun melts the ice. S till, there are advantages to disaster. Since the park reopened, the Valley has been unusually quiet. Usually 10,000 or more people streamed into the Valley on a Spring weekend, now a fraction hazard the trek. Workers have cleared much of the mess, and a first time visitor would scarcely notice that something was amiss.