The latest confirmed development in the surface pass gate is that the clerk closes this route file and gives the next window a fresh walk. The update comes from the east surface pass; the board outcome is that it sent a separate sign question to a new route review without reopening this one.
Niri Flint, surface access correspondent, confirmed 41 open hours with a posted weather reading in the file. The previous window recorded 43; the totals do not settle how travelers know the upper route is still clear after they pass the lower gate.
The unresolved point is specific: The gate crew posts conditions at entry. Travelers ask for an update before committing to the upper climb. The board has recorded that it sent a separate sign question to a new route review without reopening this one.
The current action follows the board outcome that it sent a separate sign question to a new route review without reopening this one.
NEXT UPDATE: The board closed this docket after it sent a separate sign question to a new route review without reopening this one. The next window starts with a fresh record. A fresh window will use a new date and source record.
