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Mudslides on HW 20 en route to the North Cascades

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PostedAug 13, 2013 at 6:47 pm

Cascade River Road (pipeline to some amazing backpacking) was also taken out the same week. Boston Creek (of the famed Boston Basin/Forbidden Pk area) obliterated a culvert. SR 20 should be open in a week, though. That area (Swamp Creek) has had slides before, IIRC.

It's a real bummer for businesses in Winthrop I'm sure. I suppose I will have to go patronize the brewery to show my support :D

Dale Wambaugh BPL Member
PostedAug 13, 2013 at 7:11 pm

There were 65 hikers stranded above a washout on a trailhead road. It looks like they did a quick and dirty repair so they could get their cars out v

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/65-stranded-hikers-rescued-from-North-Cascades-trail-219361521.html

We were hiking the Monte Cristo trail that day which is south of the area that got the main brunt of the thunderstorm. We got a good remote lightning and thunder show and a quick shower from our location. My poor dog really freaked out when the thunder cut loose.

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