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Last call for driving to Mount Spokane summit this season

Hikers and bikers enjoyed plenty of elbow room at the Vista House and top of Mount Spokane on May 31, a day before the gate would be opened to allow vehicle traffic up the Summit Road for the summer season. (Rich Landers)
Hikers and bikers enjoyed plenty of elbow room at the Vista House and top of Mount Spokane on May 31, a day before the gate would be opened to allow vehicle traffic up the Summit Road for the summer season. (Rich Landers)

PARKS -- Mount Spokane State Park visitors have two weekends to enjoy driving to the top of the mountain until next spring.

The gate to the Summit Road to the top of Mount Spokane will be locked for the season on the evening of Oct. 16.

Construction on the lower main state park road prohibited general vehicle access for most of the summer. The Summit Road wasn't open to the public until Oct. 3.

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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