Changes at Mt Rainier -- road closed Tues, Weds

Well, Gary, since your near New Year observation of record thread view here, it's another 20K in under 3 months...   That half dozen or so folks at MRNP HQ have been pretty busy here, eh?..

That half dozen or so folks at MRNP HQ have been pretty busy here, eh?..

Being bumped to the first page of Random Tracks probably accounts for most of the recent increase.  The older thread about Monika was bumped about the same time and shows a similar proportional increase.  I wonder if the 'Views' counter can handle six figures?

My previous speculation was after many months on page two and three.  In any case, it's not just park HQ, and it's not just a half dozen.  Previous increases were mostly during the summer seasons, which I attribute to the hundreds of seasonals and volunteers.  There are probably computers everywhere the park has electricity.  Entrance stations, sewer plants, every maintenance and science office, Carbon River and Ohana have skeleton staffs all year, etc.

Looking on the bright side, David, if Parkies are viewing, perhaps they actually learned something.  Government computers have been used for worse purposes        www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...AR2009101802380.html

16 Mar 16: Due to minor road work the Longmire gate opening will be delayed until 10am. –– mm

Also, FWIW, there is allegedly a "millenial meetup" Saturday at Paradise and the park is planning to have all their LEOs on duty.

As for these latest closures, to be fair to the park service... they did get 3-4 feet of new snow at paradise over the last few days and weekend.

...they did get 3-4 feet of new snow at paradise over the last few days and weekend.

Hmmmm, is is winter... they have equipment, though it may be buried under a huge pile of excuses...

The parking lot was cleared by 11:30 yesterday as seen in the timestamp. The official reason for not opening was "lack of personnel"