Hannah Bradley

Article Critique

I visited the Mountain Loop High Way page on Wikipedia, and found three aspects of it worth commenting on Wikipedia haven’t updated the page, the trails on the mountain loop, and the old rail roads.

Out of date

One thing that I realized is that the page is not updated. The history only goes to 2008 and things have and are happening on the Mountain loop to this day. For instance the new bridge being built. They are replacing the current bridge on the mountain loop do to it not being big enough and it was built in 1934. They are now building a new bridge on long side of the old one. The page on Wikipedia didn’t say anything about the bridge being built and they didn’t mention the fish ladder on the mountain loop under the bridge witch all runs on the mountain loop high way. They are all thing that are impotent and happening on the mountain loop. It doesn’t mention how they close the high way at deer creek ever winter due to extremely high levels of snow. Which means you can only drive through the whole mountain loop during a certain time of the year.  

Trail heads

Another thing that caught my eye is that the page on Wikipedia doesn’t mention all the trials off the mountain loop high way. There are a lot of trails on and off that high way that are not mention like Heather Lake, Old Sauk River Trail, Goat Lake Trail head, and Lake Twenty-Two Trail head etc. Witch is odd because those trails are one of the main reasons all our tourists come to our town and go up that high way. Also, those trails are like the only things to do up there.

The rail roads

Last is I felt like the rail roads could have been mention more. They are such a cool part of the mountain loop high ways history. Before the mountain loop high way was put in it was all rail roads that were there. They had to rip out the rail road tracks for the high way to be built. These tracks use to go up and all through the mountain loop high way.

work cited

"Granite Falls Bridge 102 Replacement | Snohomish County, WA - Official Website." Granite Falls Bridge 102 Replacement | Snohomish County, WA - Official Website. Web. 26 Jan. 2017.

“Deer Creek Pass." Deer Creek Pass North Cascades. Web. 26 Jan. 2017. www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/deer-creek-pass

"Washington Trails Association." WTAs Blog. Web. 26 Jan. 2017.

"Granite Falls, Snohomish County, Washington - Northwest Waterfall Survey.”, Snohomish County, Washington - Northwest Waterfall Survey. Web. 26 Jan. 2017.

"HistoryLink.org." Granite Falls -- Thumbnail History - HistoryLink.org. Web. 26 Jan. 2017.