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Record flooding but Forest Service facilities reopening
Juneau, Alaska. July 2, 2016 – Despite a glacial outburst flood that inundated Mendenhall Lake with record-setting flood waters, cleanup is occurring and operations are getting back to normal in Forest
Service facilities around the lake. "The Nugget Falls trail will remain closed today as it is still flooded, but our Photo Point trail has reopened and all other trails are open," said Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Director John Neary.
The Forest Service reopened the Mendenhall Lake campground at noon today. "The Skaters Cabin Road reopened this morning and people can access the beach boat-launching area and West Glacier Trail again, but the campground took a little longer
to clean up," said Developed Recreation Manager Marc Ramonda. Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Lead Naturalist Laurie Craig helped close the Photo Point trail last night at 5 p.m. near the visitor center as the water submerged a bridge. "This degree of flooding that closed the bridge has only happened
once, in 2014, but the water came even higher last night according to the National Weather Service who monitors these floods," said Craig.
For more information on the outburst flood conditions see the Juneau National Weather Service website at
http://pajk.arh.noaa.gov/.
A jökulhlaup, or glacial outburst flood, inundated Mendenhall Lake with record-setting flood waters on July 1. -USDA- This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. To manage your subscription visit http://www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription.shtml |
