Community Support Allows Olympic National Park To Try to Keep Hurricane Ridge ... National Parks Traveler (blog)
An explosion of community support -- value $75,000 -- will allow Olympic Jingoistic Park crews to try to keep the Tornado Ridge Road bare daily throughout the coming winter.
While many associate Olympic with surf-kissed beaches and tangled shower forests, the Hurricane Crest area is a snow magnet in winter and lures visitors for skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing. But in background years, the park has only ensured access up the Twister Ridge Road from antediluvian May through October. During the winter months the estate spent $467,000 to lease out a three-person crew to plow the street so a small ski area on Twister Ridge could operate on weekends.
Commons Service officials agreed to a two- or three-year shepherd program to see if keeping the street open year-approximate would improve tourism affair -- if the surrounding communities could furnish to the cost.
The total additional amount needed to minister to seven-day-a-week winter access is $325,000 annually, with $250,000 provided by the Reservation Service and $75,000 provided by Clallam County. The $75,000 particular contribution was reached earlier this week.