Some travelers turned away from Yosemite due to winter weather

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (KFSN) -- Many travelers trying to spot the quality of Yosemite National Park successful the snowfall were turned distant owed to the caller wintertime upwind Saturday.

"A batch of radical were stuck there, and they didn't person chains and they had to crook each the mode back," said traveler Yaquelyn, who was 1 of those visitors who didn't person luck making it passed immoderate of the snowy roads starring up to Yosemite Saturday.

Yaqueline and her household joined galore radical seen sledding connected random hills extracurricular the parkland - respective saying they couldn't marque it each the mode there.

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Others, however, were much fortunate, but accidental they had to wait.

"We were astir apt waiting for astir an hr to get into the park, which I've ne'er truly experienced," said Melissa Montoya arsenic she took successful the presumption of El Capitan.

Montoya said it was each worthy it, to spot 1 of nature's astir magnificent views successful each the glory of snowfall and heavier waterfalls.

Others who besides made it into the parkland said they privation others could have, excessively -- immoderate regulars offering proposal for those who privation to spot Yosemite successful the snow.

"Check the weather. And determination are a batch of postulation cams that you tin cheque to spot what the roads are looking like," said John Alsup, who said helium lives astir an hr from Yosemite.