The Adventure Guys
We admit it. We've got great jobs. How many people get told by their bosses to go out and play? We write about those experiences each Thursday in The News Tribune’s Adventure section. But there's always more to the story. Here, Craig Hill and Jeffrey P. Mayor will share the inside stories on their adventures - including their misadventures - plus post news and answer your questions.

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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The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond
Friday, November 14th, 2008
Posted by Craig Hill @ 03:56:37 pm

Highway 706 in Mount Rainier National Park will remain closed until Nov. 21 because of flood damage, park superintendent Dave Uberuaga said in a statement this afternoon.

Flood waters undermined the road near Kautz Creek, the statement said. Flooding caused the creek to divert 100-150 feet east of the channel it created during the 2006 flood.

Highway 706 is the road to Paradise from the Nisqually entrance in the southwest corner of the park.

The road into the Carbon River Entrance is closed outside the park because a 200-foot section of the road was washed away. Hiking in the Carbon River area is not recommended, park officials said.

On the east side of the park Highway 410 is open with delays. However, Highway 123 is closed at the Stevens Canyon Road junction.

The Grove of the Patriarchs bridge was damage by flood debris as it was during the 2006 flood. The trail is closed.

Park officials recommend contacting the park before visiting. Updates will be listed at 360-569-2211, ext. 2334, and at nps.gov/mora.

Posted by Craig Hill @ 10:33:15 am

The town of Greenwater is no longer cut off from the outside world.

According to residents and the Washington Department of Transportation one lane of Highway 410 is open west of Greenwater. The road was closed Wednesday when flooding caused a landslide to cover the only access to Greenwater from Western Washington.

Workers continue to remove debris from the highway and motorists should expect delays. The road is the primary access to the east side of Mount Rainier National Park and numerous recreation areas in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

The road opened Friday night.

Tiana Enger, a Crystal Mountain employee who lives at the ski resort, said Wednesday flooding made for a interesting couple of days. She lost her phone line, internet and power.

“We were stranded,” Enger said.

Making matters worse, rain melted the snow at the ski resort.

Enger said she and her friends made their Thursday morning coffee with a camp stove and built a fire.

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