Category: Travel conditions

View from the road to South Tufa with burned vegetation and black fire scars with Mono Lake in the smokey distance.

August 19, 2020

Travel conditions

Firefighters close to containing Mono Lake’s Beach Fire

A wildfire with red and orange flames and a large plume of dark smoke in a large open expanse of sagebrush along the shore of Mono Lake.

August 17, 2020

Travel conditions

Beach Fire ignited by lightning near Mono Lake’s southeast shore

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

June 8, 2020

Travel conditions

Tioga Pass will open on Monday, June 15

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

May 15, 2020

Travel conditions

Roads opening in the Mono Lake region

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

March 30, 2020

Travel conditions, Visit

LA Times reports on Mono County’s plea for visitors to stay home

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

March 20, 2020

Travel conditions, Visit

Please do not visit Mono Lake right now

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

February 5, 2020

Travel conditions

Road to Bodie State Historic Park to re-open on February 7

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

November 18, 2019

Travel conditions

Tioga Pass will close temporarily at 3:00pm on November 19

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

June 27, 2019

Travel conditions

Tioga Pass to open fully on Monday, July 1

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

June 19, 2019

Travel conditions

Tioga Pass open on a limited basis starting Friday, June 21