Ebbetts Pass Traffic Advisory 05/06/2025

Final Spring Pass Clearing Update
Ebbetts Pass (State Route 4)

Alpine County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is pleased to announce the formal reopening of Ebbetts Pass for the 2025 season as of 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Our Woodfords and Camp Connell Maintenance crews made great progress with their snow removal operations this season to reopen State Route 4 prior to Memorial Day.

Ebbetts Pass was formally closed to traffic for the 2024-25 winter season in early January and the closure gates have largely remained at Lake Alpine and Raymond Meadows for most of the winter.

This season while clearing Ebbetts Pass our maintenance crews encountered snow levels of 8-12ft in locations along with down trees, debris, and some extremely narrow one-lane corridors. Our Caltrans Woodfords and Camp Connell crews averaged about a mile per day with their snow removal operations and were ultimately able to clear approximately twenty-six miles of roadway this season.

Caltrans top priority is ensuring the safety of the traveling public and our workers along with supporting the economic vitality of our local communities. We are happy to have reopen State Route 4 for the season without incident and to allow early public access for recreation activities along Ebbetts Pass.

Caltrans urges motorists to still use caution while driving the Sierra Mountain pass routes and watch for icy road surfaces in the overnight and early morning hours.For the latest road closure and highway conditions visit Quickmap.dot.ca.gov, tune your car radio to Caltrans Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) at 530 AM, 1610 AM, or call the Caltrans Road Condition Hotline at 1-800-427-ROAD (7623).