Are you aware of the ongoing issue up on Snoqualmie Pass regarding the fire station at Crystal Springs/Stampede Pass?
If you believe the local Fire District, they are being prevented from offering life-saving emergency response because the Forest Service won't allow them to plow the road leading to their firehouse.
Well, it is true the Forest Service won't let them plow the road to their firehouse.
But here is the rest of the story.
Before the Fire District built the firehouse in 2005, the Forest Service told them they would not be allowed to plow the road during the winter. The reason is safety of the local winter recreational users, mostly snowmobilers and cross-country skiers. (Crystal Springs Sno-Park is the busiest sno-park in the state due to it being close to Seattle and the burbs.)
But wait, there is more. The land the Fire Station was built on was donated by a local landowner, and the scuttlebutt has always been that the local landowners are using this issue as a way to get the road plowed to their cabins/homes.
While I certainly support public safety, this fire station should never have been built in this location. Just because it is there now does not give the Fire District the right to change the rules and plow the road.
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