PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT BIDEN BACKED THE MEASURE. HOWEVER MANY REPUBLICANS ARE
IT
IT SAYING
IT SAYING IT WOULD JUST COST TOO MUCH. NOW TO THE WEATHER THE
AVALANCHE RISK IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON
THIS FRIDAY.
I'M GREG COPELAND.
I'M JESSICA JANAELLE CASTRO.
THE SNOW PACK IS HEAVY AND DEEP
AND POSES A RISK TO THE
BACKCOUNTRY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
GOING TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK HERE
SNOQUALMIE PASS AND YOU CAN SEE
JUST HOW MUCH SNOW THERE IS.
MOMENTS AGO WE LEARNED THAT THE
STATE IS CLOSING WESTBOUND FOR
AVALANCHE CONTROL WORK AND
VEHICLES ARE BEING STOPPED
MILEPOST FIFTY TWO THAT'S THE
EXIT FOR THE SUMMIT AT
SNOQUAMIE THOUGH WE ARE SEEING
SOME CARS STILL HEADED THERE ON
THE ROAD DASH CAM VIDEO FROM
OUR CREWS SHOWS JUST HOW DEEP
THAT SNOW IS ALONG THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD IN THAT AREA.
SO IF YOU'RE UP THERE, BE SURE
TO PLAY IT SAFE.
TAKE IT EASY KING5 AS MICHAEL
CROW BEGINS OUR COVERAGE, HE'S
LIVE FOR US NOW AT NORTH BEND.
AND I KNOW YOU JUST GOT OFF THE
PASS TRYING TO BEAT THAT
CLOSURE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A FEW
MORE CARS HERE.
IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE WE
KNOW.
BUT YOU MADE IT DOWN THERE.
YEAH, WE DID.
WE WERE HUSTLING BECAUSE YOU
KNOW, AVALANCHE MITIGATION
SOMETIMES WHERE THEY CLOSED SO
THAT THEY CAN CLEAR THOSE AREAS
THAT HANG ABOVE 90 CAN TAKE A
COUPLE HOURS DEPENDING ON THE
THING.
SO WE GOT THE HECK OUT OF DODGE
BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO NOT
SPEND THE NIGHT UP AT THE PASS.
BUT CERTAINLY YOU CAN SEE WHY
IT'S NECESSARY.
WE DROVE THROUGH SOME BANDS
OF HEAVY SNOW ON THE WAY DOWN
IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES THAT
THERE IS ANOTHER SYSTEM ON THE
WAY AND YOU SAW THOSE HUGE
MOUNDS LIGHT POLE HEIGHT
OF SNOW THAT'S BEEN MOUNTED
FROM PEOPLE PLOWING OUT.
SO WE'VE BEEN SAYING THIS A LOT
LATELY.
RIGHT.
LATELY. RIGHT. BUT WITH ALL THESE SYSTEMS
COMING THROUGH, THE AVALANCHE
DANGER IS HIGH AND THAT'S
OF COURSE THANKS TO THESE HUGE
SNOW TOTALS INCLUDING THE ONES
SNOQUAMIE AND STEVENS PASS.
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TO
ADDRESS THAT DANGER IN THE BACK
COUNTRY, WE MET UP WITH SCOTT
WALLER TODAY.
HE STARTED THIS PROJECT ABOUT A
DECADE AGO PUTTING UP THESE ARE
YOU BEEPING SIGNS RIGHT BEFORE
FOLKS ENTER AVALANCE TERRAIN.
THEY'RE A REMINDER TO CHECK
SNOW CONDITIONS FOR SAFETY AND
ALSO AN ELECTRONIC CHECK THAT
YOUR AVALANCHE BEACON IS
WORKING.
THAT'S THE WAY RESCUERS WOULD
FIND SOMEONE IF BURIED.
SO TODAY HE WAS PUTTING UP ONE
OF THOSE BEACON TEST POINTS AND
SIGNS ON THE PCT EXCUSE ME AT
THE PASS WITH THIS RISK
OF AVALANCHE OF COURSE BEING
VERY HIGH.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.
HE THINKS THIS PROJECT MAY SAVE
LIVES.
THAT'S THE HOPE.
IT'S THE HOPE.
IT'S HARD TO MEASURE THAT OR
ACTUALLY QUANTIFY IT BUT I KNOW
I'VE SAT AROUND A TRAILHEADS
PUTTING THIS UP ALL OVER AND
IT'S AMAZING HOW SOMEONE WILL
SHOW UP AND REBECCAW DRUH
SKIIER AND THEY FORGOT TO TURN
IT ON.
SO YOU KNOW, JUST REMINDING
SOME OF THE LAST MOMENT KIND
OF LOST TRACK THERE BEHIND ME.
SO THE NORTHHWEST AVALANCHE
CENTER SAYS AVALANCHE DANGER
ACROSS VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE
CASCADES IS HIGH RIGHT NOW.
WE DID HIKE THAT SIGN A LITTLE
BACK INTO THE WOODS ON SOME
SNOWSHOERS WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR
YOU COMING UP TONIGHT AT FIVE
O'CLOCK RIGHT NOW LIVE IN NORTH
BEND, MICHAEL KURDBK KING5
NEWSOURCE.
MICHAEL, THANK YOU AND GLAD YOU
ARE IN NORTH BEND RIGHT NOW.
SO AS WE'VE MENTIONED,
SNOQUALMIE PASS IS IN THE
PROCESS OF CLOSING STEPHENS
PASSES ALSO CLOSED AT THIS HOUR
AND REBECCAW I KNOW WE TALKED
LAST NIGHT WITH CRAIG ABOUT
EXPECTING THAT SNOW LAST NIGHT
AND INTO TODAY AND HE SAID IT
WAS GOING TO BE A COUPLE
OF FEET.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE GEDDERT.
YES, YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED TO SEE
SOME OF THE SNOW TOTALS I'VE
GOT.
YOU COULD SEE THE SNOW.
YOU MAY NOT NECESSARILY HEAR
THE SNOW UNLESS YOU HEAR
SOMEONE SAY OH MY GOODNESS, DID
YOU SEE WHERE IT IS ON THE
STICK?
IT'S IMPRESSIVE WHEN WE LOOK
JUST EVEN OUTSIDE AT OUR
CURRENT TOWER CAMS CRYSTAL
MOUNTAIN HERE AT THE GONDOLA
CAM FOLKS THOUGHT GETTING OFF
THE LIFT BUT THIS HAS BEEN
PACKED ALL DAY WITH
SNOWBOARDERS AND SKIERS.
BUT I'VE JUST BEEN NOTICING THE
WIND REALLY PICKING UP ON THIS
CAM AS IT SHAKES A LITTLE BIT
AND IT STARTED TO DRIFT THE
SNOW UP AGAINST THE THE THE
BANK OF THE FENCE THEY'RE
LOOKING AT SNOQUAMIE AND
STEVENS PASS.
HERE IS THE LAST FOLKS TRY TO
GET THROUGH BEFORE THAT CLOSURE
REALLY TAKES EFFECT AND CLEARS
EVERYYONE OUT THIRTY SIX HOURS
SNOWFALL TOTALS WE'VE GOT MT.
BAKER 13 INCHES.
TWENTY TWO INCHES AT STEVENS
PASS 15 INCHES AT SNOQUAMIE
PAST CRYSTAL ABOUT TWELVE
INCHES TOTAL AND THEN WHITE
PAST 13 INCHES OF SNOW AND IT'S
STILL COMING DOWN.
OUR WINTER STORM WARNING
CONTINUES TILL 10:00 TONIGHT.
THE AVALANCHE WARNING YOU COULD
SEE IS IN THE CENTRAL CASCADES
IMPACTING STEVENS PASS AND
SNOQUALMIE PASS AND WE'RE
EXPECTING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
12 TO 18 INCHES.
THAT'S THAT AMOUNT STARTED
EARLY THIS MORNING AND WE'RE
WATCHING THAT PILE UP FOR 10:00
TONIGHT.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE DOPPLER
RADAR WE HAVE TWO DISTINCT
CONVERGENCE ZONES THAT HAVE SET
UP ONE THAT'S DIRECTED ITSELF
COMING OUT OF THE STRAIGHT
OF WHAT IF YOU HQA AND IT
STARTS TO TRAVEL RIGHT TOWARDS
SUSTIVA PASS HIGHWAY TWO AND
THEN THE SECONDARY IS RIGHT
OVER SEATTLE AND HOVERING NEAR
I-95 AND THAT'S IMPACTING YOUR
SNOQUAMIE FAST.
THAT'S WHERE OUR SNOW IS GOING
TO BE COMING DOWN THE HARDEST
AND THAT CHANCE OF A HAIL
SHOWER IS COMING