NORTHWEST:

-- Roads, Routes, Trails --

Work will close Mason Lake Road (Forest Service Road 9031) at milepost 2.0 starting April 1 until June 1, blocking access to Ira Spring Trailhead. Mason Lake Road parallels the north side of I-90 and is off exit 45.  The area is not safe during the cutting, yarding and hauling operations, according to Forest Service officials. Workers are thinning 45 acres of western hemlock, Douglas-Fir and western Red cedar, cutting trees 60-75 years old to improve the growth and health of those remaining. This is the third year timber thinning has closed Mason Lake Road. The contract will end in 2014.

• Forest Service Road and Trail Conditions Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
• Statewide Ski and Snow Report.
• Route and Conditions from Mt. Baker Rangers: Mount Baker Climbing Blog.

--Weather and Avalanche--

• Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
• Mountain Specific Weather Forecasting.
• Forecast for Mount Rainier.

-- Webcams --

• Camp Muir on Mount Rainier.
• Mount Rainier National Park
• North Cascades National Park
• Leavenworth

SIERRA:


-- Roads, Routes, Trails --

--Weather and Avalanche --

• Eastern Sierra Avalanche Bulletin

-- Webcams --

• Mono Lake
• Tioga Pass

Moab, Utah:

-- Roads, Routes, Trails --

--Weather and Avalanche --

-- Webcams --

RED ROCK CANYON:

-- Weather --

• Red Rock Canyon

-- Webcam --

• Red Rock Webcam

-- The late exit and overnight permit number for Red Rock Canyon is 702-515-5050. If there is any chance that you will be inside the park after closing, be sure to call this number so that you don't get a ticket.

--The scenic drive currently opens its gates at 6 in the morning.

JOSHUA TREE:


--Weather 

• Joshua Tree National Park.

--Webcam

• Joshua Tree Webcam

--Camping

• Joshua Tree Campground Details.
• "The Pit."
• Joshua Tree Lake.

ALPS:

-- Roads, Routes, Trails --

-- Webcams --

• Chamonix Valley
• Zermatt and the Matterhorn

ALASKA:


We will begin regular conditions reports in the Alaska Range in late April.