Changes at Mt Rainier -- road closed Tues, Weds

According to their schedule updated March 12, the Paradise gate is supposed to open at 8 am weekends:
www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/road-status.htm
Despite no new snow on 3-20 and again this morning. the Twitter notices have continued with their habitual message that the opening is "expected" at 9 am (as opposed to "delayed").  Did somebody not get the memo?

Now this will be talked about a lot as it is another prominent holiday today...
twitter.com/ashfordvalleywa/status/714129505292410880

Now this will be talked about a lot as it is another prominent holiday today...
twitter.com/ashfordvalleywa/status/714129505292410880

Often people don't like to work on weekends or holidays; sometimes they refuse, sometimes they call in sick.

How many of the closures like the one today (see below) could actually have been predicted & announced the day before (or the week before or the month before)?

"The road to Paradise at Longmirewill not open today due to a shortage of staffing required to ensure public safety. Longmire is open. - tks"

Often people don't like to work on weekends or holidays; sometimes they refuse, sometimes they call in sick.

Past Easters have usually been busy. I'd have thought they'd have all hands on deck for the last day of snowplay and guided snowshoe walks.  Perhaps this 'staph' infection is just snow fatigue?  Quite a few of the staff seem to think the Paradise 'default' setting is meadows filled with flowers, not snow:  rainiervolunteers.blogspot.com/2016/03/v...potlight-part-2.html

We got nailed in that closure. Had to reroute to plan B while originally enroute to Paradise. Called the PS to inquire as to the cause of the last minute change and got a courteous and apologetic ranger that said that a SAR issue came up.

How interesting. Search and Rescue...and nobody was called. Who was this said SAR? This is beyond complete bullshit. Nobody will call them on this one....unless you have proof that that was the actual reason.

On another note the TNT did an editorial on the 2000+ backcountry reservations lost in todays paper.

www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/editorials/article68328967.html

MRNPS has gone to hell. Not going...gone and done....Happy 100! Now just stay the hell away...