Mt. Rainier heavy-handed policing

Got back to Paradise at 4:50 (not intentionally) yesterday with at least a dozen other cars still in the parking lot. Drove through the gate at 5:20, not a ranger in sight. Appears the phone calls last week helped.

Several cars on the Paradise lot webcam were unpacking at 9am this morning. 
A recent Van Trump TR mentioned being allowed through the gate early.   ???

Several cars on the Paradise lot webcam were unpacking at 9am this morning. 
A recent Van Trump TR mentioned being allowed through the gate early.   ???

Call and ask Tracy Swartout for an explanation. No one else is going to hold them accountable.

We can effect change there, but not solely by reporting things here.

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The TR comments [1] appear to have been a miscommunication about days of the week. Sounds like the gate opened early for everyone on Sunday.

Consistent gate openings (or, better, a plowed road and an open gate) are precisely what we as park visitors and citizens want. Holding rangers "accountable" with a phone call and a thank-you might be just the sort of thing that keeps the plows plowing and the gate open.

[1] www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboardi...ex.php?topic=33803.0

Extended gate hours starting this Saturday the 7th: www.nps.gov/mora/learn/news/conditions-march2015.htm

Extended hours...

... based in the shift to Daylight Savings Time, eh?