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Offline blubear

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question re closing of road to basin
« on: February 06, 2011, 08:07:14 AM »
Looking at the daily report, it seems the basin road has been closed for days due to winter conditions.

When the road is closed, is the lodge evacuated, or is everybody just hunkered down up there? How long before the food runs out?

And it seems that if the basin road is closed, they'd have to make most of the other roads off limits too?

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Re: question re closing of road to basin
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2011, 09:42:08 AM »
Road has been closed many time due to ice and terrain/slope and being prepared is what you do in the wild, yep you may have to wait, that is why I carry extra water/food/supplies when traveling, stuck 4 days is snow storm in Montana once, nice and toasty warm and ate well the whole time. Boy Scout Motto: Be Prepared

Sad that most of society today lacks even basic survival instinct guess it helps to thin the herd.
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Re: question re closing of road to basin
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2011, 09:55:07 AM »
Quote from: blubear on February 06, 2011, 08:07:14 AM
Looking at the daily report, it seems the basin road has been closed for days due to winter conditions.


The daily report on the park service website is still for Thursday 2/3, I would think by now the road is back open but you can always call and see.
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Re: question re closing of road to basin
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2011, 10:43:36 AM »
Quote from: Undertaker on February 06, 2011, 09:42:08 AM
Road has been closed many time due to ice and terrain/slope and being prepared is what you do in the wild, yep you may have to wait, that is why I carry extra water/food/supplies when traveling, stuck 4 days is snow storm in Montana once, nice and toasty warm and ate well the whole time. Boy Scout Motto: Be Prepared

Sad that most of society today lacks even basic survival instinct guess it helps to thin the herd.

The other day I was out walking my neighborhood.  Helped push out several stuck vehicles... in both cases the driver had neither a hat nor gloves.  Temps were hovering around 10F, amazing to me how unprepared people are for the weather.
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Re: question re closing of road to basin
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2011, 10:45:47 AM »
Quote from: dkerr24 on February 06, 2011, 10:43:36 AM

The other day I was out walking my neighborhood.  Helped push out several stuck vehicles... in both cases the driver had neither a hat nor gloves.  Temps were hovering around 10F, amazing to me how unprepared people are for the weather.

It's called STUPID!  :eusa_doh:
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