Wacky West weather means snow on the 4th of July
30.06.11
A summer that looks a whole lot more like winter has travelers across the West scrambling to overhaul their Fourth of July itineraries — or at least their packing lists.
Ski poles are replacing fishing poles at current hiking and camping spots where late-winter snowstorms blanketed Western mountains from the Rockies to the Sierra Nevada.
"A lot of people are line it the trifecta day, where they're going to ski in the morning, mountain bike in the afternoon, maybe do something on the lake in the evening," said Julie Mauer, a spokeswoman at Sierra ski look to Squaw Valley, which saw record-breaking snowfall this season. The resort plans to extend four ski lifts on the upper mountain and promises free commemorative July 4 t-shirts to the first 5,000 guests who show up on Monday.
At Crystal Mountain, south of Seattle, spokeswoman Justus Harris said she expected to see "a lot of bikini tops" out on the slopes. The National Brave Service is predicting mostly sunny skies on the mountain on July 4, with a acme near 59 degrees. The mountain hasn't been open this late in the year since 1999.
Source: The Associated Press
DEC Welcomes Visitors To Adirondacks
30.06.11
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“Visitors to the Adirondacks should know that despite historic flooding this spring, the measureless majority of campgrounds, boat launches, roadways and trails in the Adirondacks are cash for recreation this holiday weekend,” said DEC Commissioner Joe Martens. “I am proud of the distressingly work DEC’s staff and local partners to restore access to these special pastime areas.”
Campgrounds
All of DEC’s forty three campgrounds in the Adirondacks are open except Ausable Point. The Ausable Sharp end Campground and Day Use Area on the shores of Lake Champlain will remain closed until the medial of July while DEC completes the cleanup and repair of the damage caused by record steep lake levels.
Source: North Country Gazette
A total of snow plow crews went to work when the snow began to fly Thursday. The city of Colorado Springs went on a Straight One Callout around 5 pm Crews began spraying liquid Ice Slicer on Academy Boulevard to avoid the roads from freezing,
