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What's the over/under on this one?
I'm hearing two weeks, depending on snow, so my guess April 9th..
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Hi all,
By this afternoon, the crew had the highway from the Silver Star gate (MP 171) to Lone Fir Campground (MP 166) cleared and widened. They had hoped to have a single cut through to Cutthroat Ridge (MP 168), but the 2nd snow blower that was supposed to join the effort today didn't show up. It's in the shop in Wenatchee because it wouldn't start. Repairs have been completed and it's headed for Twisp tomorrow, but won't be on site and working until late Wednesday or Thursday morning. Tomorrow, the crew is expecting to clear and widen all the way to Cutthroat #1 (the beginning of the avalanche zone) where the Avalanche crew will join them on Thursday morning (along with their snow cat/plow). If we don't have any more equipment or weather delays, they're hoping to clear the highway through the 12 Cutthroat Ridge avalanche chutes by Tuesday (which would be record time!). That would put them into the Spiral Gulch/Liberty Bell section sometime Wednesday. (We'll see...)
Don (Becker) says the weather was great today. After starting out cold (about 23 degrees at 7 a.m.) it turned sunny and got up to 50 degrees by 3 p.m.
Check out the pictures from day 1 on flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/s...7623371473447/
Expect another update late Wednesday or early Thursday.
Jeff Adamson 509-667-2815 adamsoj@wsdot.wa.gov
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