Hi Everyone and welcome to opening day of Ross Lake Resort 2010.
Today went better than any one could have expected. The guests are excited to be here, the staff are all happy, Seattle City Light, the National Park Service and the contractors did an amazing job preparing the new boat dock and spur haul road.
It's going to be a good year.
So!
What happened????
Seattle City Light brought in a half dozen guests on the morning high speed boat and another 10 in the afternoon. Ross Lake Resort had a small tractor with a flat bed trailer waiting.
Per the Ross Lake Resort tradition of the last 60 years - everyone loaded everyone's gear onto the trailer and it was all hauled up to the upper boat dock on Ross Lake - where again everyone helped each other load onto the Ross Lake dock and then into the shuttle boat for the trip over to the cabins.
Do you remember your first visit here and the process you went thru to get to your cabins? Do you remember the reaction of your friends on their first visit? Well it's much the same.
Only more interesting!
Seattle City Light contractors started pouring cement into the footings for the large dock today. The National Park Service small floating dock worked fine.
Granite Construction began working on the head scarp today. (The area of the cliff where the rock slide began). They will be blasting, loosening, drilling, stabilizing, grouting - probably until October.
These guys are pro's and know their business!
Portaging is going to happen - canoes and kayaks will be carried by the paddlers up to the truck turnaround. Ross Lake Resort can haul gear up on the flatbed trailer but not the canoes or kayaks.
But hey it's only about 100 yards - argh, argh, argh!
That's nothing for these North Cascades adventurers.
It was a most excellent opening and thanks to all of the guests who rode in and the few that are hiking in from hiway 20 as we speak!!!
There are guests sitting out in front of the cabins in the Ross Lake Adirondacks enjoying the late light.
. . . . . and the tradition continues.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Ross Lake Resort Opens June 10!!!!!!
Yeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaa! Sorry about that outburst!
The resort opens June 10th as scheduled.
Here is the latest for guests of the resort.
Seattle City Light will pick you and your gear up in a high speed 7 passenger boat at the usual location - the dock on Diablo.
Park and unload as usual where you see Ross Lake Resort Parking.
You will unload at the new passenger dock west of the landslide.
The resort truck will pick up all guests and their gear after a short hike - for transport up to Ross Lake.
Our thanks to Tammra Sterling of the National Park Service for providing us with the information and new haul road map.
One more thing to add!
Everyone at Ross Lake Resort cannot express and thank enough the staff of the National Park Service, Seattle City Light and the contractors who all have worked feverishly since March to provide for the safety of visitors, and for developing an innovative solution to the rock slide conundrum.
We are fortunate to have such a fine partnership.
So this summer when you are sitting in front of the cabins or riding up lake in one of the blue boats and you see staff from the National Park Service or Seattle City Light - give them a wave and thank you.
They appreciate the beauty of the North Cascades and this magnificent lake as much as you do!
The resort opens June 10th as scheduled.
Here is the latest for guests of the resort.
Seattle City Light will pick you and your gear up in a high speed 7 passenger boat at the usual location - the dock on Diablo.
Park and unload as usual where you see Ross Lake Resort Parking.
You will unload at the new passenger dock west of the landslide.
The resort truck will pick up all guests and their gear after a short hike - for transport up to Ross Lake.
Our thanks to Tammra Sterling of the National Park Service for providing us with the information and new haul road map.
One more thing to add!
Everyone at Ross Lake Resort cannot express and thank enough the staff of the National Park Service, Seattle City Light and the contractors who all have worked feverishly since March to provide for the safety of visitors, and for developing an innovative solution to the rock slide conundrum.
We are fortunate to have such a fine partnership.
So this summer when you are sitting in front of the cabins or riding up lake in one of the blue boats and you see staff from the National Park Service or Seattle City Light - give them a wave and thank you.
They appreciate the beauty of the North Cascades and this magnificent lake as much as you do!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Opening Day in the Lowlands
Hi Everyone from the North Cascades!
Its nice and warm out here in the lowlands of Puget Sound. But just 45 miles east up SR522 our local ski area - Mt. Baker (just a few hours ago) closed for the season. Skiing was excellent. 6" of fresh snow overnight. Any moguls left standing from yesterday were blown apart and smashed down by skiers and snowboarders as the snow transformed from powder to heavy North Cascades cement to wonderful, magical corn snow.
The tulip festival in the lower Skagit River Valley is winding down.
And this was opening weekend in the lowland lakes. Just up the road at Lake Padden, here in Bellingham, hundreds of Dad's and Mom's are out showing their young ones how to catch their first trout. It's not as special as catching a wild Ross Lake trout - but none the less - the kids will never forget spending time with their parents out on the water.
Its nice and warm out here in the lowlands of Puget Sound. But just 45 miles east up SR522 our local ski area - Mt. Baker (just a few hours ago) closed for the season. Skiing was excellent. 6" of fresh snow overnight. Any moguls left standing from yesterday were blown apart and smashed down by skiers and snowboarders as the snow transformed from powder to heavy North Cascades cement to wonderful, magical corn snow.
The tulip festival in the lower Skagit River Valley is winding down.
And this was opening weekend in the lowland lakes. Just up the road at Lake Padden, here in Bellingham, hundreds of Dad's and Mom's are out showing their young ones how to catch their first trout. It's not as special as catching a wild Ross Lake trout - but none the less - the kids will never forget spending time with their parents out on the water.
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