Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. Cars drive up the Big Oak Flat Road. Mountains and coniferous trees surround the road. People getting off a car to view the Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias. Men and women hold each other to measure the width of a giant sequoia tree. Tourists return to the car stage before driving off. Tourists on a Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage viewing giant sequoia tree. Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage passes through a sequoia tunnel tree.
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. View of the Tenaya Lake, 8141 feet above sea level. Coniferous trees surround the lake. Glacier-cut rock formation, Lembert Dome, found in Yosemite National Park. Tourists disembark from car. A tourist scoops a glass of alkali water from the Soda Springs in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Women drink alkali water from Soda Springs. Tents and trees found in Tuolumne Meadows Lodge, 68 miles from Yosemite.
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. View of clouds cresting over mountains in Yosemite National Park. A car drives on the road to Tioga Pass summit. A plaque commemorating Stephen T. Mather (Director of the National Park Service responsible for the construction of the Tioga Pass Road). Men and a woman standing in Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage to view mountain scenes. Car driving on scenic mountain panorama. Car passes by a lake and drives through a rough road with animals crossing over. Sheep grazing on grassy pasture.
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. A car driving through Lee Vining Canyon. Car driving down scenic mountain route in Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage passes by a lake. View of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake in Mono County, California. Tioga Lodge cottages near Mono Lake as seen from a passing car. A car stops, driver opens car for passengers. Tourists stop by in one of the cottages in Tioga Lodge. Tourists view a commemorative sign that reads “First White Man to cross the Sierras Capt. Joseph Walker camped here Oct. 15 1833 enroute to the Pacific Coast.” Alkali water flows in a volcanic crater. Tourists viewing a fertile valley.
Tourists visit Bodie, a ghost town, during a tour in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. A car heading towards Bodie, a ghost town (formerly a mining town) in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in Mono County, California, United States. View of abandoned houses in Bodie. James “Jim” S. Cain, the landlord of Bodie, stands imposingly in front of an abandoned house. Jim Cain welcomes the tourists to Bodie. A cabin house where United States President Herbert Hoover once lived in during his time as a mining engineer in Bodie. Jim Cain assists a man into the Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage, tipping his hat to say “good-bye” to tourists leaving. The U.S. Hotel, one of the larger structures in Bodie, is seen in the background.
Tourists visit Aurora, a Nevada ghost town 3 miles from the Californian border, during a tour in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. Two men watch a car arriving at the ghost town. A car in front of the Aurora Café in the town’s main street. Car parked in front of the courthouse of Aurora, part of Esmeralda County, Nevada. “Esmeralda” is written in front of the courthouse. Weeds grow outside the abandoned courthouse.
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