Tioga Pass
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Tioga Pass is located in the alpine biotic zone
Tioga Pass (elevation 9943 ft, 3030.6 m) is a pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. California Highway 120 runs through it, and serves as the eastern entry point for Yosemite National Park. Mount Dana is to the east of the pass. There are several trailheads into the Yosemite backcountry which begin at Tioga Pass, including the trail to the Gaylor Lakes to the west/northwest, and the rough trail to the summit of Mount Dana. Dana Meadows is immediately south of the pass alongside the highway.
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, though these dates are subject to considerable variation.