Previous :: Next Topic |
Author |
Message |
jinx'sboy Member
Joined: 30 Jul 2008 Posts: 932 | TRs | Pics Location: on a great circle route |
In a new twist, this year, WSDOT announces a FIRM closing date for the Highway. 0730 on Nov 15.
https://wsdot.wa.gov/travel/highways-bridges/passes/north-cascades-highway/home
From the e-mail:
“New in 2021: A planned closure date.
In the past, the seasonal closure date has been assessed on a case-by-case basis. While there is a chance the highway may close earlier than Nov. 15, WSDOT is setting a closure date this year to allow travelers to plan ahead with more certainty.”
|
Back to top |
|
|
brewermd Member
Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 159 | TRs | Pics
|
|
brewermd
Member
|
Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:04 am
|
|
|
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
|
Back to top |
|
|
gb Member
Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 6315 | TRs | Pics
|
|
gb
Member
|
Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:20 pm
|
|
|
brewermd wrote: | Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
skiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
brewermd, jaysway
brewermd, jaysway
|
Back to top |
|
|
Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9514 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
|
Randito
Snarky Member
|
Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:29 pm
|
|
|
I was over in Winthrop a couple weeks ago. Not much is open. My guess is that Methow Valley businesses aren't lobbying the WSDOT to keep the pass open past Thanksgiving with the same vigor as they have during "normal" times.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Back when I could still drive I used to do SR20 loops every year. One year I was eating lunch at the Mazama café and I asked if they knew when the road would be closed. They said ya, twenty minutes! I ran out of there and a crew was waiting at the gate as I flew past. They closed it behind me. I was the only car on SR20 between the gates! They closed the western gate as I drove past. It was a blast being the only car on the road.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
Cyclopath, Noheaperture, fourteen410, NWtrax, jaysway, zimmertr
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
Cyclopath, Noheaperture, fourteen410, NWtrax, jaysway, zimmertr
|
Back to top |
|
|
sooperfly Member
Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 1234 | TRs | Pics Location: North Central Wa. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
|
Back to top |
|
|
Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9514 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
|
Randito
Snarky Member
|
Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:09 pm
|
|
|
A colleague of mine used to share custody of a son with his ex who was living in Twisp. He said his best time from Twisp to Redmond was 2 1/2 hours. He has a Audi R8 with a lot of aftermarket performance enhancements and also has Jeannie Mucklestone on retainer.
I think he's either false bragging or completely nuts. Hitting a deer at 150 is game over.
|
Back to top |
|
|
sooperfly Member
Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 1234 | TRs | Pics Location: North Central Wa. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
williswall poser
Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 1968 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
I hit a deer at 20 mph and it was game over, 150 would just make a deader deer.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9514 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
|
Randito
Snarky Member
|
Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:41 pm
|
|
|
williswall wrote: | I hit a deer at 20 mph and it was game over, 150 would just make a deader deer. |
Game over for the driver, not just the deer.
|
Back to top |
|
|
cdestroyer Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2015 Posts: 1251 | TRs | Pics Location: montana |
I hit a deer with ford explorer at 65 and only lost the front license plate
|
Back to top |
|
|
Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9514 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
|
Randito
Snarky Member
|
Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:26 pm
|
|
|
cdestroyer wrote: | I hit a deer with ford explorer at 65 and only lost the front license plate |
Count your blessings, not everyone is as fortunate
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/2016/11/16/fair-grove-man-killed-when-deer-comes-through-windshield/93954204/
I've twice struck deer in a vehicle -- once as a driver and once as a passenger. As a driver -- the deer passed rather harmlessly to me and my vehicle underneath. In the other case the deer leaped just before impact and landed square on the windshield -- completely shattering it -- fortunately, the driver had slowed to 35 mph at that point so the deer didn't penitrate the passenger compartment.
With my colleage's low slung Audi R8 -- the windshield is exactly at the height of a "deer in the headlights" body.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7710 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
|
Back to top |
|
|
williswall poser
Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Posts: 1968 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
Pretty sure neek would have gotten it
|
Back to top |
|
|
|