CRAIG HILL
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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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I finally got to ride the new Peak2Peak gondola that links Whistler and Blackomb mountains today. Taking the suggestion of a couple of local guys, I waited for one of the silver gondolas. Unlike the larger red gondolas, the silver ones have glass bottoms.
Here's a look at the trees through the floor of the gondola.
Olympic National Park is seeking comment on its plan to rehabilitate the Boulder Creek trail and former car campground. The park is proposing to restore a 2.2-mile section of the old Boulder Creek Road and rehabilitate the Boulder Creek campground.
The road was built in the early 1900s and provided vehicle access to the former Olympic Hot Springs Resort and automobile campground. The road was closed to vehicle traffic and converted to trail use in 1982 because of slope failure and serious erosion, said a park news release.
Since then, the Boulder Creek trail has remained a population hiking route for visitors to the Olympic Hot Springs area and wilderness hikers, the release said.
Since its conversion to trail, the old roadway has deteriorated considerably. Several drainages have culverts that have been washed out or plugged with debris and sections of asphalt have been washed away, the release said.
The park is proposing to rehabilitate the trail for foot and stock use by removing the deteriorating asphalt and culverts and replacing
bridges. The proposal also includes rehabilitating the Boulder Creek
campground to prevent continuing damage to the park’s resources by removing the asphalt, designating campsites and revegetating the areas around campsites, the release said.
The National Park Service is preparing an Environmental Assessment for this proposal. It is expected to be released this summer.
Comments may also be sent, no later than March 9, by:
Mail: Superintendent – Boulder Creek Rehabilitation, Olympic National Park, 600 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles, WA 98362
Fax: 360-565-3015
Online: Click here
For more information about this project, go to parkplanning.nps.gov or call the park at 360-565-3004.
