I used to live on Snoqualmie Pass at Conifer Lodge. The Rock Chalet was there then back in 1969-72. Rod Rodegus(sp) lived through one of these snow shed slides. he was the tow truck owner back then and lived at Hyak in the pretty chalet there upstairs. the guy he was trying to get unstuck died that day because he did not jump under his truck like rod did. My family was the Matt Noonan family. I spent the best imes of my youth at Snoqualmie Pass.
WOw. Just this year, around Feb 2nd or so 75 miles of Snoqualmie pass and I90 were closed. I have driven this pass in the winter before and it was nerve racking. They say it costs millions of lost dollars in commerce every day the pass is closed....
I used to live on Snoqualmie Pass at Conifer Lodge. The Rock Chalet was there then back in 1969-72. Rod Rodegus(sp) lived through one of these snow shed slides. he was the tow truck owner back then and lived at Hyak in the pretty chalet there upstairs. the guy he was trying to get unstuck died that day because he did not jump under his truck like rod did. My family was the Matt Noonan family. I spent the best imes of my youth at Snoqualmie Pass.
WOw. Just this year, around Feb 2nd or so 75 miles of Snoqualmie pass and I90 were closed. I have driven this pass in the winter before and it was nerve racking. They say it costs millions of lost dollars in commerce every day the pass is closed....
@tatorsal Just one person on Snoqualmie, he was snowboarding in the back country and was caught in an avalanche.
you mean east bound...and the snow wont go off the snowshed usually unless they trigger the blast and push enough off.
Maybe they should just close it down at North Bend! Then there would be no truck traffic hauling food to Seattle!
Great Job washdot!
in the uk they would use a bucket and spade
no they are tearing down the one that is there...and might rebuild..but not for certain yet!
Type in "eschoniger" in the search bar and look at our sledding videos, the second one is better. Awesome Vid By the way!
I heard several people were killed by an avalanche at snowqualmie recently.
Because the more money they spend. The more they get back next year. Good ol government spending!
I assume this was a triggered snow slide/avalanche?
i remember that!
man u guys must work hard
Why don't they just build snow sheds over the whole road- or would that be cost prohibitive?