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oalfishcivil Member
Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 6 | TRs | Pics
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Anybody know if the route 20 is reopen or not. And how is the road condition all the way to Diablo Lake. Are there lots of snow on or beside the road?
Thanks
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H. Hound Member
Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1205 | TRs | Pics Location: Exit 32 |
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Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:28 pm
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Per the DOT news list I am on...
Received Mon 3/22/2010 3:22 PM
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Hi all,
The Twisp Maintenance Supervisor, Don Becker, who is in charge of the reopening effort tells me it was about 35 degrees with broken cloudy skies that were providing snow flurries off and on this morning as the crew arrived at the Silver Star Gate and started unloading equipment. The 5-yard loader cleared the 3-1/2 feet of snow in the staging area, the low boy unloaded the Kodiak Snow blower and by 10:30 it was chugging toward Lone Fir campground (about 2-1/2 miles away.)
If all goes according to the plan, a second snow blower will join the first tomorrow, along with a grader and they hope to have both lanes cleared another two miles to Cutthroat Ridge by Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday morning the Avalanche crew and the snow cat will join the fun as the crew and equipment begin clearing through the first of twelve avalanche chutes in that zone.
There are pictures on the flickr site -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157623371473447/
of the snow blower headed north last Thursday afternoon and the snow cat, loaded and ready for tomorrow's trip to Twisp. Later today, I should get some pictures from Deed Fink (the lead tech from Twisp) of the Kodiak doing it's thing and some "housekeeping?" photos - Look for them!
The weather tomorrow and Wednesday is supposed to drier and sunnier.
Stay tuned.
Jeff Adamson
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Matt Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 4307 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
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Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:30 pm
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“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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Cody s Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 604 | TRs | Pics Location: Mount Vernon |
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Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:14 pm
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There is no snow all the way to Colonial creek and I assume no snow at the ross trailhead.
I hope to be one of the first to cross this year..........After tootsie of course.....
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Josh Journey a.k.a Josh Lewis
Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 4836 | TRs | Pics
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Cody s wrote: | ...After tootsie of course..... |
Is that a person? I might have heard of them.
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BeyondLost Crazy Bob
Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 3601 | TRs | Pics Location: Whidbey Island, WA |
Flow wrote: | Cody s wrote: | ...After tootsie of course..... |
Is that a person? I might have heard of them. |
https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7973373&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60
Quote: | That would be Tootsie. hockeygrin.gif
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Tootsie Clark's restaurant, The Eatery, at Clark's Skagit River Resort in Marblemount (www.northcascades.com). Now in her 90s, Tootsie is still working 12+-hour days making the pies, fried chicken, meatloaf, cinnamon rolls, etc., and serving up great food and delightful conversation.
Tootsie is always the first person to drive through the North Cascade Hwy when it opens in the spring (with her family). I'm not sure she drives at this point as well over 90.
She's a hoot! lol.gif
Stop at the eatery and talk to her sometime. up.gif |
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Cody s Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 604 | TRs | Pics Location: Mount Vernon |
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Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:15 pm
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Yep she still goes. Alway has coffee and the best cinnamon rolls you have ever tasted. I believe last year was the first year the road crew let her open the gate.
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