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Special weather - Muncho Lake Park - Stone Mountain Park

The alert forecasts 10 to 15 cm of snow from Thursday evening to Friday afternoon in the Muncho Lake Park–Stone Mountain Park area of British Columbia. It warns of reduced visibility and deteriorating travel conditions.

(1 in a multiple picture album) I was staying at June Lake below the park when weather make it impossible to shoot photos. So I headed up Hwy 120, (Tioga Pass Road) into Yosemite National Park. It was a stroke of good luck to do so. As I entered the area called Tuolumne Meadows, I found that it had snowed the night before and the scene around me was one that seemed as if a thousands Christmas trees had been flocked just for me. Here the Tuolumne Creek runs through the trees. It was magical! (See
Illustrative image: (1 in a multiple picture album) I was staying at June Lake below the park when weather make it impossible to shoot photos. So I headed up Hwy 120, (Tioga Pass Road) into Yosemite National Park. It was a stroke of good luck to do so. As I entered the area called Tuolumne Meadows, I found that it had snowed the night before and the scene around me was one that seemed as if a thousands Christmas trees had been flocked just for me. Here the Tuolumne Creek runs through the trees. It was magical! (See — inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +)/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Why it matters

The forecasted snow and reduced visibility could affect travel through the named area.

Location

Categories: severe-weather-and-natural-disasters, travel-and-transportation

Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
1/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Positivity
2/10
Urgency
4/10

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