Good news for you Memorial Day road trippers out there: Northern California lakes are mostly at high-water marks. (Photo: Tom Stienstra / The Chronicle)
If you haven’t been outside the Bay Area bubble this spring, the sight of the high-water levels at recreation lakes across Northern California will make your jaw drop. Memorial Day weekend is two weeks off, and dozens of lakes are filling in time for the start of the vacation season. A great summer is imminent for lake-based vacation and recreation — camping, boating and fishing. In the central Sierra, Caltrans reported that it cleared and opened Highway 4 over 8,730-foot Ebbetts Pass. Caltrans also projected that Highway 108 over 9,623-foot Sonora Pass will be open in the week leading up to Memorial Day. In Yosemite National Park, crews have been plowing and clearing Tioga Road (Highway 120) from opposite directions and met last…Read More
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