The countdown begins....

Paradise on the 1st, and this in the following weeks. Can we all cross our collective fingers for good weather in May?

www.wsdot.wa.gov/Traffic/Passes/NorthCascades/2007/map.htm

Monday, April 2

East side update:
The weather continues to cooperate; the sun came out a few times, helping melt the snow. We added one Kodiak snow blower to the opening effort last Wednesday. By the end of the work week, we had cleared and widened nearly eight miles of the highway to its full width, from Early Winters to just below the east closure gate at Lone Fir Campground. We also completed two blower cuts about three miles further west into the Cutthroat Ridge Avalanche Zone, where they got started again early Monday morning of week #2.

West side update:
Due to the minor flooding event we had to spend much of the week dealing with mud and debris that went over the road between milepost 140 and 146. We cut a path through the snow with a V-plow between milepost 146 and 148. We will blow snow off the highway with our snow blower today (Monday, April 2). The snow depth starts at a little over two feet at 146 and is over three feet deep at MP148.

They also have started the clearing of Cayuse Pass. Chinook shouldn't be far behind.....


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