The track in California cleared of snow

The track in California cleared of snow

The road crossing the national Park Lassen Volcanic in California, is finally open. Almost four months she was cleared of snow.

Route 89 California or as it is also called Lassen National Park Highway, has set a record.

The track in California cleared of snow

«For such a long time because of the snow it is not closed since 1931,» he told USA Today the representative of the National Park Jim Richardson.
In March and April, it dropped about 28 feet of snow, knocked a lot of trees. Particularly affected areas near the Parking lot of Lassen Peak, a site 130 miles North of Sacramento, the site 50 miles East of Redding, and Summit Lake.
From April 4, workers began to clear the road. However, Lassen Volcanic, it is still possible to play in the snow.

«On the perimeter of the Park was left to ten feet of snow,» — said the press Secretary of the Park Karen HaNer.

Today, July 28, will also be opened to tourists North Summit Lake, Butte Lake and Juniper Lakе, but representatives of the Park say around Juniper Lake can still be pretty dirty.

Although the biggest mountains in the Park Lassen Volcanic reaches 10 457 feet, it is not primarily its cold and snow, and numerous hot springs. In 1914 and 1917 there occurred a series of volcanic eruptions.

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