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Frank Member
Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 318 | TRs | Pics Location: Snohomish |
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Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:14 pm
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Kim Brown
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North Cascades Member
Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 155 | TRs | Pics Location: Desert Exile |
Good to see that things are (slowly) moving forward with Index/Galena. Maybe someday I'll actually be able to get to Mineral City and Silver Creek without riding a bike a several miles just to get to where we used to park
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GeoHiker Rocky Walker
Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 6033 | TRs | Pics Location: Off the Deep End |
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Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:53 pm
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Thanks for the update Frank. Good to know it's taken 2.5 years to figure out they have to move the road away from the river. Well duh!
MP 6 is going to wipe out the road there too, so hopefully it will be fixed before that happens. I wonder if that section is being worked on at the same time. I suppose that would be too much to ask for.
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
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Scrooge Famous Grouse
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6966 | TRs | Pics Location: wishful thinking |
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Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:17 pm
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As of May 1, 2007 Quote: | Due to the complex engineering, environmental and funding issues, as well as permitting processes, it will take at least five and possibly 10 years for repairs to be completed and the road opened for public use. |
Gonna be some real wilderness up there, by the time that road gets done.
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
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Slugman It’s a Slugfest!
Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 16874 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:24 pm
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Since we have already had two "hundred year floods" just nine years into this century, who wants to bet that the road will wash out again before it's even open? Bottom line: get used to diminished access. It's only going to get worse.
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Hulksmash Cleaning up.
Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 7113 | TRs | Pics Location: Arlington |
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Hulksmash
Cleaning up.
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Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:31 am
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fourteen alternatives and only fourty seven pages. The forest service's study as for the white chuck is twohundred fourty three pages and has only four alternatives..what's up with that.
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
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Sultan Guy Member
Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 353 | TRs | Pics Location: Now reinforced with Concrete |
Nothing surprising in this study. I attended a meeting a few months after that flood and a guy from Snohomish County said that if Wild Sky got passed that it would make it easier to get funding for the road repair.
Well..now we have Wild Sky and no road to get in for many years to come. I guess all those folks who were worried that Wilderness designation would reduce their access were right
Any worthwhile expedition can be planned on the back of an envelope- H. W. Tilman
Any worthwhile expedition can be planned on the back of an envelope- H. W. Tilman
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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
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Bedivere
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:12 pm
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How far beyond Index is the road closed?
I thought I saw a TR from Hulksmash about going up the Trout Creek road but I can't remember whether he was able to drive up there or had to walk...
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GeoHiker Rocky Walker
Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 6033 | TRs | Pics Location: Off the Deep End |
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:44 pm
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It's closed at 6.3 miles. You can drive up Trout Creek Rd. if you have a decent 4x4 or about 1/4 mile if you don't.
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
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Hulksmash Cleaning up.
Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 7113 | TRs | Pics Location: Arlington |
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Hulksmash
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Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:35 am
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If you do have a decent 4x4. Be warned anything beyond the Sunset mine is Wilderness area, so driving past there is a no no.
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
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GeoHiker Rocky Walker
Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 6033 | TRs | Pics Location: Off the Deep End |
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Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:05 am
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That road's going to be gated and closed very soon anyway. It's been a mystery how it's remained opens as long as it has considering how dangerous that area is around the mine.
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
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Gsnorgathon Mile-per-hour club
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 129 | TRs | Pics
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Gsnorgathon
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Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:27 am
Index-Galena Road Open House, 2009 July 14
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Here's an excerpt from an e-mail I just got:
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You're invited!
Open House
Tuesday, July 14
6 – 8 p.m.
Monroe Senior Center
824 Village Way, Monroe
The open house format will give you the opportunity to arrive anytime after 6 p.m., view exhibits, speak with individual project team members and provide comments. There will not be a formal presentation.
For more information, contact:
• Tina Hokanson, Communications, transportation@snoco.org or 425-388-3789.
• Steve Dolde, Project Manager, steve.dolde@snoco.org
• Crilly Ritz, Environmental Planner, crilly.ritz@snoco.org
Interpreter services for non-English speakers and accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please make arrangements in advance by calling 425-388-3789. Hearing/speech impaired call 425-388-3700.
__________________________________
And for those who haven't been following the saga, SnoCo's Index-Galena Road web page.
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Gsnorgathon Mile-per-hour club
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 129 | TRs | Pics
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Gsnorgathon
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:09 pm
re: Index-Galena Road Open House, 2009 July 14
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Just thought I'd bump this as a reminder for those interested. If my car's back from the shop, I'm likely to go just for the excuse to grab a bite at Teddy Bear's BBQ afterward...
If you plan on going, don't forget to do your homework!
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GeoHiker Rocky Walker
Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 6033 | TRs | Pics Location: Off the Deep End |
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:18 am
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Thanks for the reminder. I'll do my best to make it. I was just looking at the "homework" and is it just me, but did someone use crayons to draw up the maps for the first 3-4 maps?
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye......Eagles
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Man-inna-hillz Member
Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 286 | TRs | Pics Location: Berkeley, CA |
So a rookie question here: where is the washout? Is it still possible to drive up to the Lake Blanca trailhead up the North Fork Skykomish?
The God of language forgives all crimes.
-W.H. Auden
The God of language forgives all crimes.
-W.H. Auden
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