Alpinfox Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 The Mtn Loop Hwy is washed out just north of the Vesper Peak (Sunrise Mine, Forest Road 4065) trailhead turnoff. This came as quite a surprise to my partner and me as we were driving towards the Sloan Pk trailhead on Friday night. A strand of pink engineer's tape strung across the road was all that kept us from a 15-20' plunge in the Subaru. In other news, there is enough snow and verglass on the N. face of Vesper to make it unclimbable for a wimp like me. The NE ridge on Vesper is a nice scramble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 See road closure thread in the North Cascades section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted October 27, 2003 Author Share Posted October 27, 2003 OK. I posted this info there too. Wish I knew about the road closure before heading out. I think it must have happened very recently because they didn't have cones/gates/etc, just one strand of engineer's tape which was hanging down onto the road so you could drive right over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncascademtns Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Well, It won't be long before they close the gate after a good snow fall anyways but I guess that won't be for a month. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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