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Mountain pass in the American state of California

Tioga Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. State Route 120 runs through it, and serves as the eastern entry point for Yosemite National Park, at the Tioga Pass Entrance Station.

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It is the highest elevation highway pass in California and in the Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 9,945 ft (3,031 m).^[1][2]Mount Dana is to the east of the pass, and Gaylor Peak to the west.

Etymology

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Tioga Pass is named after Tioga Mine, whose name came from the Tioga River in New York: Tioga is an Iroquois and Mohawk term meaning "where it forks".^{[citation needed]}

Description

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This pass, like many other passes in the Sierra Nevada, has a gradual approach from the west and drops off to the east dramatically, losing more than 3,000 ft (910 m) by the time the road reaches U.S.

Route 395.

The pass is subject to winter closure due to high snowfall, normally from around the end of October until the end of May the following year, th

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