madmattd wrote:
Pretty soon they'll be asking the hikers to park in the hiker lot anyway. I've heard it's been opened, and the cog has been running, so this is only a matter of time. I'm not sure if the gentleman that goes around collecting money from hikers in the cog lot will be doing that again this year, or if there will be a firm blanket policy in place.
The USFS lot was open last weekend (5/9,10). I did trail work on Ammo Ravine primarily on the lower mile from the USFS lot to the base station spur trail people take when parking up high. 7 blowdowns were removed and I left two, one on the main trail, a step over about 2 feet high that I cleared of all branches and smoothed out and a duck-under on the spur trail that is really not an issue. If you're over 6' watch your forehead. I will get them on a slow day. FYI, the water crossings were very high all the way up and may be for a bit as there was plenty of snow left to melt above 3,000 feet.
The cog was making all sorts of racket last weekend and had cars with passengers. Whether they went to the top, I don't know. Only state park trucks and a few hikers on the summit of Washington last week and some rather surprised 20-ish year olds without snowshoes asking about potential rides down from the summit.
