Road to White River CG at MT Rainier

[Dave_Schuldt]

So I was thinking of doing some skiing above Summerland soon. Does the road to stay open till they close the passes?

[Chad_A]

Found this on the Rainier website, copied and pasted:

 

Approximate Road Opening and Closing Dates

 

These dates are approximate and very dependent on snow both in the fall and the spring.

 

Highway 123 from the south boundary to Cayuse Pass is closed by snow from November thorough March or April.

 

The section of Highway 410 from the park's northeast entrance to Cayuse Pass is closed by November through March or April. Highway 410 over Chinook Pass is usually closed from November through mid-May.

 

The White River Road to the White River Campground closes mid-October and reopens the third week of May. The Sunrise Road opens late June or early July, and closes by late September or early October. In mid- to late September the Sunrise Road is closed at night and reopened the next morning due to icy road conditions.

 

The Westside Road is open to Dry Creek from mid- to late May throughl mid- to late November unless snow closes it earlier. Its opening is dependent on snow melt out.

 

Steven's Canyon Road and the Paradise Valley Road usually close mid- to late October and reopen the third week in May.

 

Mowich Lake Road is closed by mid-October or earlier by snow. It usually reopens by late June or early July.

[Chad_A]

"9/8/04 -- Westside Road is closed to ALL TRAVEL including foot, bicycle and vehicles near Nisqually Rd due to mud and rock slides and an unpassable stream. All other park roads and facilities remain open."

Well, I guess that answers the question, eh?

[Dave_Schuldt]

The reason I asked is 'cause I never trust what's on thier website of what they say on the phone.

[Wauhaukau_Trau]

The White River road is scheduled to be closed from Mather Y (where it connects to 410) on or around Oct 12th. WR Ranger Station will be open till the 11th of Oct. So it will be open at least till then. We got 2 inches of fresh two weekends ago at panhandle gap/Ohana Park, but it probably melted especially low, so you're gonna need to go pretty high (at least to the 9000' notch) to get some decent turns especially since freezing level was around 11-13 thou last week.

 

Casey Wilson

Backcountry Ranger MORA

[Dave_Schuldt]

Thanks.