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<blockquote data-quote="Fontanaman" data-source="post: 944958" data-attributes="member: 19354"><p>In 2011 The Volcano run was scheduled for June as well. It did not happen and will not happen this year. Count on it.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/winter/passdates.htm" target="_blank">Here is a table of pass opening</a> dates from WSDOT. The weather pattern this year is very similar to last year. Chinook Pass did not open until June 23 and WSDOT expends significant resources to open it - just <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157626281797001/show/" target="_blank">check out these photos</a>. The snow walls were 15 feet high at Tipsoo Lake when I was there shortly after opening. There was snow on the north facing slopes and shaded areas well in to mid August.</p><p></p><p>The Federal Forest Service on the other hand does not spend nearly as much effort attempting to open FS 25. It is pretty much left to melt out - the Feds do a bit of plowing. Both FS 25 and Chinook Pass have roughly the same maximum elevation and I suspect the same annual snowfall.</p><p></p><p>Once again sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I am just being realistic. I don't like it either for it screws up my dual sport riding plans for this year. I like to get away from it all on my Vstrom once in a while - but then that is another story.</p><p></p><p>It will take one hell of a hair dryer to melt out all this snow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fontanaman, post: 944958, member: 19354"] In 2011 The Volcano run was scheduled for June as well. It did not happen and will not happen this year. Count on it. [URL="https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/winter/passdates.htm"]Here is a table of pass opening[/URL] dates from WSDOT. The weather pattern this year is very similar to last year. Chinook Pass did not open until June 23 and WSDOT expends significant resources to open it - just [URL="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157626281797001/show/"]check out these photos[/URL]. The snow walls were 15 feet high at Tipsoo Lake when I was there shortly after opening. There was snow on the north facing slopes and shaded areas well in to mid August. The Federal Forest Service on the other hand does not spend nearly as much effort attempting to open FS 25. It is pretty much left to melt out - the Feds do a bit of plowing. Both FS 25 and Chinook Pass have roughly the same maximum elevation and I suspect the same annual snowfall. Once again sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I am just being realistic. I don't like it either for it screws up my dual sport riding plans for this year. I like to get away from it all on my Vstrom once in a while - but then that is another story. It will take one hell of a hair dryer to melt out all this snow. [/QUOTE]
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