Snow 50 feet deep buries road to Artist Point -- June 29, 2011
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Uploaded by wsdot on Jun 30, 2011
In less than ideal conditions, Washington State Department of Transportation crews trekked up the snow-covered mountainside in a snowcat to measure snow depths over the road to Artist Point on Wednesday, June 29. It was windy, cold, raining and socked in during the scouting trip.
"We found snow 50-plus feet deep near the upper parking lot," said Theo Donk, maintenance supervisor. "This is the deepest snow I've seen since the world-record year 1999, when the highway didn't open for the summer."
"The restroom in the upper parking lot is nowhere to be seen," said Donk. "Normally the roof is peaking through the snow at this time. We couldn't even reach it with a snow-depth pole. It's buried deep."
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@northriver115 We opened the first mile up to the Heather Meadows Visitor Center. The remaining two miles that lead to the upper parking lot at Artist Point will remain closed. - Dustin
DustinTerpening 6 months ago
Is it going too open up this year?
northriver115 7 months ago
@Pyroechidna1 I work on the communications team at WSDOT.. I get to share all the cool things we do in this agency with you. I enjoy it immensely.
DustinTerpening 8 months ago
Hey Dustin, what's your job title? I'm jealous that you get to take trips like this.
Pyroechidna1 8 months ago