Notes from Susan Chin:
March 4 or 5, I tried to get some video of people leaving
the Canyon Village parking lot but think I missed most of it. Then
the day got too busy for me to deal with the video camera again. Sorry
The video that I took was on the day that the plows
reached Canyon (March 10). The temps were in the mid-30’s, clear
skies, a slight breeze. I was hoping to get the bull dozer and wedge
plow as they made their way down Cascade Hill to the junction but
mistimed it. I thought they would take longer to reach the junction
but they made it there by 11AM. So instead I videotaped the dozer
clearing the junction so that heavy equipment could turn around. I
then shot some footage of the Wedge plow as it left the junction and
made its way back to Norris.
Later that day, at about 2PM, the blower came through
and was clearing the snow that the plows had scraped up off the asphalt.
Because the operator, Royce knew I was shooting video for the web
page, he offered me a ride in the blower. So I videoed the blower
from inside the cab. I was impressed by how the trees were hit by
the blowing snow. I also did not realize at how slow a pace that the
blower needed to move. I was told by the road crew that they were
able to travel at about 3MPH that day. But in a usual winter, the
pace is held to about 2MPH. We have 310 miles of paved roads in the
park. No wonder it takes so long open the park after winter!
