[jenjen]

Sept 9 is the Ride 542 bike race from Glacier to Heather Meadows. The road will close at Canyon Creek at 7:45 am and not reopen until the last rider is back down the mountain. If you have hiking plans that day, make sure you're past Glacier by 7:30 am and plan to not be able to drive back into town till after 2:30-3pm.

[polecatjoe]

I would happily ride FROM Heather Meadows TO Glacier- riding a bike up that grade is nuts! of course, some people think hiking up a mountain is nuts, too.

[Flora]

We were up at the Mountaineer Lodge last September when they ran this race. It was nice hiking in the morning; there weren't many people around and the trails were quiet. Good...as long as you didn't plan to drive to another area... We had to change a couple of hikes. Flora

[Elvis]

Thanks for the post JenJen. That impacts my plans for the day 100%. Certainly would have been upon reaching Glacier unaware on the 9th. ~E

[jenjen]

Glad I could be helpful.

[marionthegoat]

When Beernut and I were returning from Silesia, we saw a guy riding a Unicycle up the highway on Powerhouse grade ( Excelsior campground vicinity). I figure he must have been training for the race. Appeared very labor-intensive to me. Look Ma, no hands !

[wolfs]

This too, for Sept 18th. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2007/08/29_542closederosioncontrol.htm

[jenjen]

Ok, a unicycle is a new one for me. Thanks, wolfs, for the Coal Creek info. I knew they were gonna do that work, but didn't know when.

[Highwalker's Daughter]

You mention the Highway will close at Canyon Creek, so do you know if the Canyon Creek Road itself is open? We were planning on Excelsior that day.

[jenjen]

I don't know if the road's closed before or after Canyon Creek Rd. The notices don't say. Canyon Creek Rd itself is open under normal circumstances.

[jenjen]

Bumping this up so it's visible. The road closes at Canyon Creek Rd at 7:45 am, but the first heat of bicycles takes off from Glacier at 7:30 am --- so plan on being through Glacier before 7:30 if you want to avoid the mess. The road will re-open when the last cyclist gets back down the mountain.

[Elvis]

On a related note, I noticed there is a Mountaineers group from Everett scheduled for a Lake Ann hike on Sunday - the itinerary says they're leaving 'early' due to the distance to the TH. It didn't mention the road closure so they may not be aware of it. That's quite a drive only to be stuck at the bottom of the mountain. Their departure time is scheduled for 7:30 Since I'm not a memeber of the Mountaineers I wasn't able to get the trip leader contact info to give them a heads up. Maybe some kind nwhiker member who's also a member of the Mountaineers might take a moment or two to send them a note. On second glance, that group still has 10 openings for the day. Maybe it's not an issue. Linky...

[jenjen]

Bumping this up to let everyone know:

[kleet]

They gonna have some nice sunshiny weather for filming?

[Backpacker Joe]

Ya know something Kleetster, that blinking avatar is really bothersom........