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Mount-Rainier-Nationalpark wieder geöffnet
Two weeks after mudslides and undercut roads forced the closure of Mount Rainier National Park, the main entrance reopened Monday.
The Nisqually Entrance had been blocked by slides across State Route 706 east of Ashford, Washington. As is normal during the winter, access from Longmire to Paradise is closed nightly and timing of the reopening each morning is dependent upon local conditions.
Services currently available in Longmire include access to snow-covered trails, the Longmire Museum and Visitor Center, and limited food, beverage, and retail items at the Longmire Gift Shop.
During the extended closure of the park’s entrance on SR 706, National Park Service employees have worked with the U.S. Forest Service, Washington State Department of Transportation, and Pierce County to support needs of park neighbors, and ensure availability of emergency access routes. In addition, park staff and Rainier Guest Services staff repaired damaged park infrastructure and utilities and maintained systems inside the park that are critical to public access. The park road crew also repaired the primary entrance road, which had been undermined by excessive runoff.
Elsewhere in the park, access to the Carbon River area remains blocked due to a significant washout on Pierce County’s Fairfax Forest Reserve Road and loss of most of the park road adjacent to the Carbon River trailhead parking area.
Quelle: National Parks Traveller
The Nisqually Entrance had been blocked by slides across State Route 706 east of Ashford, Washington. As is normal during the winter, access from Longmire to Paradise is closed nightly and timing of the reopening each morning is dependent upon local conditions.
Services currently available in Longmire include access to snow-covered trails, the Longmire Museum and Visitor Center, and limited food, beverage, and retail items at the Longmire Gift Shop.
During the extended closure of the park’s entrance on SR 706, National Park Service employees have worked with the U.S. Forest Service, Washington State Department of Transportation, and Pierce County to support needs of park neighbors, and ensure availability of emergency access routes. In addition, park staff and Rainier Guest Services staff repaired damaged park infrastructure and utilities and maintained systems inside the park that are critical to public access. The park road crew also repaired the primary entrance road, which had been undermined by excessive runoff.
Elsewhere in the park, access to the Carbon River area remains blocked due to a significant washout on Pierce County’s Fairfax Forest Reserve Road and loss of most of the park road adjacent to the Carbon River trailhead parking area.
Quelle: National Parks Traveller