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  • Writer: balzaccom
    balzaccom
  • Mar 28, 2021
  • 1 min read

Badger Pass will be closed to visitor access on April 1st at 5pm. The gate at Chinquapin will be shut and locked at that time. Crews will begin clearing the Glacier Point Road after that point. The road from Chinquapin to Badger Pass will be open to Admin Traffic only, as well as open to bicycle access. The road from Badger Pass to Glacier Point will be closed to all but Road plowing and emergency vehicles.


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