WA Pass/Hwy 20

Looks like their plan is to begin clearing on April11.

www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/northcascades

Yee haaa.  It'll be like the Oklahoma Land Rush.  Go on an git yers.  IMHO, it's a travesty that hwy 20 exists at all.  That someone consumes fuel to clear this stretch of otherwise perfectly fine and orderly wilderness is icing on the cake.  Give the great bar some room to roam south towards the tourists and dumpsters of Leavenworth.  Give the wolverines some room to breath.  Let's put a little bit of suspense, red in tooth and claw, back into the mix in the Washington Cascades. 

I reckon this will be interesting.

to the second post : :

Pretty sure the tiny amount of roads in the park are having no effect on the wolverines and the bars (whatever those are? maybe bears?).

Well I for one am excited for my annual trip up HWY 20 when it opens.... where I will camp for a few nights and pick random slopes to ride within the wonderful playground that is Washington Pass..


So sign me up for the "land rush" please

Yee Haaa!

I noticed that the  D.O.T. Kodiak snowblower that is used at Stevens was partially buried in a slide . I wonder if the operator is O.K. ? I believe this is the same machine they bring up to S.R. 20 to clear Wash. Pass. If there's damage to it will it delay the start date ? X

Here is a link to a video of the slide today at Stevens Pass:

Hwy 2 Avalanche

Yee haaa.  It'll be like the Oklahoma Land Rush.  Go on an git yers.  IMHO, it's a travesty that hwy 20 exists at all.  That someone consumes fuel to clear this stretch of otherwise perfectly fine and orderly wilderness is icing on the cake.  Give the great bar some room to roam south towards the tourists and dumpsters of Leavenworth.  Give the wolverines some room to breath.  Let's put a little bit of suspense, red in tooth and claw, back into the mix in the Washington Cascades. 

If a wolverine or a bar? gets in my way when hwy20 opens I'm going to run them over then stop, then reverse over them, pee on them, roar like a lion, then skin the little buggers and rush up to the pass and then start a fire and roast bar? haunch on an open fire while wearing the wolverine's hide while drinking beer and smoking cigarettes and looking at porn on my laptop. Then I'll ski next morning.

It's true, Hwy 20 scars the wilderness and it's a paradox for those of us who simultaneously want to love nature without destroying it. I for one, love the access it brings so regularly accept the sin and irony of burning fossil fuels to breath north cascade mountain air. I've seen a bar crossing the road near Ruby crk but would be more thrilled to see a griz in the bc and am content to know the wolverine is still lurking. I'll drive to the trailhead then tread lightly on my AT gear! .

Re. Scotsman's reply, as a non-smoking, anti-hunting for the thrill of killing, liberal environmentalist, I still found his comments pretty funny. Skiing and laughing are both good for the heart.

If a wolverine or a bar? gets in my way when hwy20 opens I'm going to run them over then stop, then reverse over them, pee on them, roar like a lion, then skin the little buggers and rush up to the pass and then start a fire and roast bar? haunch on an open fire while wearing the wolverine's hide while drinking beer and smoking cigarettes and looking at porn on my laptop. Then I'll ski next morning.

definitely funny

In case anyone missed it, critics of Scotsman's post were deleted. So much for the theories of cronyism and cospiracy. Unless, perish the thought, Scotsman has joined the rank of the dreaded cronies.

I do wonder if his post had not had his moniker on it if anyone would have taken offense. I have always enjoyed Scotsman's humor. I would be sorry to see him go if he tires of being judged by past performance.

Thought it was damn funny.
1 more week and my season long work imposed exile ends! Plow, Plow Plow!!!

Moby does Mr. Plow

They started plowing on April 11.