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Article: WINTER CONDITIONS CLOSE FOREST ROADS

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November 30, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Gifford Pinchot National Forest - issued the following press release:

With additional snow forecast for the Cascades this weekend, many Forest roads will become increasingly hazardous or impassable, particularly at higher elevations.

Sno-Parks throughout the Forest are now operating. Roads leading to the Sno-Parks are maintained during the winter. Please check the Forest website for current conditions at the Sno-Parks.

Forest Service Road 99, to the Windy Ridge Viewpoint on the east side of Mount St. Helens, is closed for the winter at the Wakepish Sno-Park. Access to the Sno-Park will be maintained throughout the winter from ...

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