TIOGA ROAD

BOVE the north rim of the valley the old Tioga Road, which the Department of the Interior acquired in 1915 and put into good condition, crosses the park from east to west, affording a new route across the Sierra and opening to the public for the first time the magnificent scenic region in the north.

The Tioga Road was built in 1881 to a mine soon after abandoned. For years it has been impassable. It is now the gateway to a wilderness heretofore accessible only to campers.

TIOGA ROAD SCENERY Photograph by H. C. Tibbitts