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WATCHWOMAN PLAYING THE GULLIBLE KOOL-AID PART – <\/strong><\/span>I know It must be global warming because Al Gore said “the earth has a fever!” \u25ac Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So what, I'm here for the opening of summer fun and I'm going to act like it! Just keep pretending it's white sand, not 25 feet of snow, Mable, you'll feel warmer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n
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Heavy snows spoil weekend holiday plans in West<\/strong><\/p>\n

By\u00a0STEVEN K. PAULSON
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\"\"DENVER (AP) —\u00a0Ski resorts\u00a0are bustling with activity. A key highway into\u00a0Yellowstone\u00a0is closed because parts of the road have seen more than 25 feet of snow. And campgrounds are feverishly removing snow from campsites to clear the way for visitors. <\/p>\n

Welcome to Memorial Day weekend in much of the West.<\/p>\n

The traditional kickoff of the summer season will have a decidedly wintry feel in the\u00a0Rocky Mountains, as well as California’s Sierra Nevada, because of a lingering record snowfall.<\/p>\n

Epic snowpack in parts of Colorado, Utah,\u00a0Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and California is forcing many tourists to abandon the annual rites of launching their summer holidays with a camping trip. Others plan to take advantage of prolonged skiing and showshoeing this strange spring.<\/p>\n

In Denver, Brooke Schmidgall had her sights set on high-country camping this weekend as she shopped for gear at a sporting goods store.<\/p>\n

“I’ll bring my snowshoes,” she said. “We have a big family tent. It will be nice and warm.”<\/p>\n

Rocky Mountain\u00a0National Park’s popular\u00a0Trail Ridge Road\u00a0is closed because of 17-foot snow drifts. Normally, holiday motorists can cruise at altitudes surpassing 11,000 feet but not this year.<\/p>\n

Janelle Smith, spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service’s\u00a0Rocky Mountain region, recommended that campers consider heading to lower elevations – like Arizona or New Mexico. Campers in Idaho were being warned to check first before heading to camping areas – or risk being turned back by lingering drifts or muddy, impassable roads.<\/p>\n

In Oregon, some resorts were still trying to dig out cabins – let alone campgrounds – from snowpack.<\/p>\n

Yellowstone National Park\u00a0has just one campground open. “We’re telling people to be prepared for snow,” said park spokesman Al Nash<\/p>\n

In other parts of Wyoming, officials have extended winter closures of\u00a0wildlife management areas\u00a0to campers. The reason: To protect wildlife from humans because animals are still searching for food at lower elevations.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Bridger-Teton National Forest\u00a0Avalanche Center is fully staffed to warn outdoors enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

“May snow depths are deeper than anything we have seen in the last 45 years,” said avalanche center spokesman Bob Comey.<\/p>\n

In California, a historic\u00a0Sierra Nevada snowpack\u00a0is making Yosemite National Park’s springtime cascading waterfalls especially beautiful – and dangerous, with several accidental drownings already of people who failed to keep away from thundering waterfalls and swollen creeks and rivers.<\/p>\n

But snow has kept rangers from installing a cable railing that helps hikers maintain their footing at Yosemite’s iconic Half Dome. Anyone holding one of the allocated permits to climb will be out of luck this weekend.<\/p>\n

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