CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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Photographer Dean Koepfler and I just returned from a day at Mount Rainier National Park. We went to watch the snow removal effort as park crews work to reopen the road from Longmire to Paradise.
On the way back to Tacoma, superintendent Dave Uberuaga called to say that the road will be reopened and the Paradise snowplay area opened on Sunday morning. Uberuaga and his staff were trying to get open by Saturday but they won't have the results from a test of the water system at Paradise.
The results are due back on Saturday afternoon. If they are good, the Paradise area will be open.
It was amazing to watch the bulldozers and rotary-blade plows psuh back the snow.
We'll have a story about the effort in Saturday's TNT.
The Hoh Road has reopened, after a two-month storm-damage closure.
The road has been closed since the record-breaking storm of December 3, when heavy rain and floodwaters severely damaged the road. The most significant damage occurred outside the park boundary at mile seven where the road was reduced to one lane. Minor damage also occurred at
Snyder Creek inside the park.
Visitors are asked to use caution when traveling the road as a portion of the roadway has a gravel surface. Caution is also advised at West Twin Creek where contractors continue to repair damage from the 2006 storms.
The Hoh Campground is closed due to storm debris and two feet of snow still on the ground. With the road now open, park crews will begin working in the campground, removing the storm debris and plowing the snow.
Starting Friday, the Hoh Visitor Center will resume its winter hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fridays through Sundays.
