says they've broken 40 shear pins in the big rotary plows this week, due to trees mixed in with the snow on Going-to-the-Sun road across Glacier National Park. The altitude isn't very high (Logan Pass is at 6646 feet) but the snow was still 75 feet deep on the road at the pass a few days ago.
The last ski resort just closed for the season in CO and they've had more snow this last week. Wettest and coolest start to summer I can remember since I got here 14 years ago. Beats 100+ degrees and no precip by a long shot, though.
Not sure how you'd actually move 75' of snow. Strip mining equipment, maybe. And there'd have to be someplace to put it. The biggest rotaries I've seen wouldn't handle more than 15-20', were the ones mounted on those trains in the Sierras.
Stan
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:28:35 -0500, the infamous James Waldby scrawled the following:
That link leads to a WWII pontoon bridge article and a search of the Missoulian gives me this: Search Results
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The Missoulian has changed the article at that link since yesterday, when I looked at it, and apparently hasn't yet indexed the "Glacier: Going to the Sun Road Clearing Continues" article yet. I'll post a good link if I find one.
A small part of the text of yesterday's snow-plowing article is copied at . An article from a year ago and a couple of .mov videos are at
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You can view some photos here:
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:47:14 -0500, the infamous James Waldby scrawled the following:
Wow, evocative!
Dem dozer boys got big ones.
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Google has a ton of pages - and in pictures - lots of good info.
Mart> >> On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:28:35 -0500, the infamous James Waldby
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