03-13-2015, 05:34 PM
Summit road conditions have not been updated this evening. My apologies for that but it's not something I control.
http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/current/road-conditions/
However, the summit is only accessible with snow chains. Don't be fooled by summit web cams, it seems the problems are a little lower down. The road is still closed but if someone were to ask about the chances of it being opened sometime on Saturday, I would say they were probably good, but would also be a little hesitant when saying that.
SBH - that article was a little misleading. There was no one at the summit to be evacuated. The road crew got as far as they could but there was no way anyone could have got to the summit in the first place.
http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/current/road-conditions/
However, the summit is only accessible with snow chains. Don't be fooled by summit web cams, it seems the problems are a little lower down. The road is still closed but if someone were to ask about the chances of it being opened sometime on Saturday, I would say they were probably good, but would also be a little hesitant when saying that.
SBH - that article was a little misleading. There was no one at the summit to be evacuated. The road crew got as far as they could but there was no way anyone could have got to the summit in the first place.