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The park highway will open once the final section between Bumpass Hell and Devastated Area is cleared, rockfalls are cleared, and all lingering ice is melted. The road opening process may be delayed by late snow storms as well as other factors including:
- Heavy snowpack with deeper snowdrifts in some areas
- Trees that have fallen across the road and been buried in the snow
- Rockslides over the highway when the snow begins to melt
- Snow avalanches over cleared sections of the highway
- Snow storms during the operations
- Lingering ice once snow is cleared
2016 Road Clearing Operator's Log
Log updates are posted when reports are received from operators in the field. The latest update may not reflect the current status. The road crew works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours per day.
Log updates are posted when reports are received from operators in the field. The latest update may not reflect the current status. The road crew works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours per day.
April 25 - Thursday, we were able to clear to about 500 feet short of Jones Cut (about 3 miles from the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center), today when we arrived it was snowing with very high winds and near zero visibility so I decided to call off the effort until tomorrow. If all goes well, I anticipate getting near to Bumpass Hell Parking Area (6 miles) by the end of next week.
May 3 - We have now reached the pullout at Emerald Lake and hope to be done with the Bumpass parking lot by tomorrow. A few minor breakdowns have slowed progress but we are still making good time. If all goes well, I would expect to be in the Lassen Peak parking area by the end of next week.
May 11 - We have now reached the peak parking area and should complete it by sometime tomorrow. The snow depth is a little deeper than I anticipated; about 14 feet!. All is going well and there will be an update next week.
