We got notice at work that SR 14 will be closed regularly throughout the summer for rockfall mitigation (blasting and scaling).

If you were planning a ride out the Gorge on SR14, do it before June 15th.  NOTE: This does NOT affect Cougar Run rides, as the turnoff for Carson and the Wind River Hwy is a few miles before Dog Mountain.

March 1st -- June 14th, SR 14 will be closed between Dog Mountain (Milepost 54) and White Salmon from 4pm-6pm on weekdays. (They're doing blasting on some of the cliff faces)

June 15th -- Sept 2nd, SR 14 will be closed along the same stretch starting at 7am, with 2-hour closures and 1-hour openings until 6pm, 7 days a week. (This is when they'll be doing scaling... where some poor dude gets to go up the cliff face in a lift, or hang down on a harness, and knock loose any rocks that look like a risk)

Map:


Google Maps:
http://tinyurl.com/SR14-rockfall-mitigation

More info...

Project overview PDF:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D6C73359-66AD-41DF-A55E-F3CC35D13D67/0/SR14RockfallHappens_Sep09_optimized.pdf

Another project PDF:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2D9D61F9-8DFE-4151-B1AF-1A98FA88C5BE/0/SR14Rockfall_ClosureSchedule_Optimized.pdf

Project website:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR14/RockfallMitigationWhiteSalmon/default.htm

Ride safe!

Oh, just saw some other SR 14 project notices, and these will affect Cougar Run rides, though these are not closures.

Road construction on SR14 in the Camas/Washougal area:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr14/camaswashougal/

Construction at Cape Horn:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr14/capehornsafety/

You can still blast out on 84 and cross at the Bridge of the Gods, that's a couple of miles west of Stevenson.

Quote from: krolik on February 26, 2010, 08:01:23 PM
You can still blast out on 84 and cross at the Bridge of the Gods, that's a couple of miles west of Stevenson.

Yeppers.  I just wanted to make sure you guys were aware of these road construction projects so you could avoid them if/when riding out the Gorge this spring and summer.    Happy motoring!  [moto]