Wyoming Department of Transportation has closed US 14A west of Burgess Junction for the winter as of noon on Monday, November 26, 2018. WYDOT seasonally closes the 22-mile stretch of road in the Bighorn Mountains at the end of the fall hunting season. Seasonal road closure gates are located at Burgess Junction and on the Lovell side of the mountain. During the time the road is closed, motorists can use US 14 via Granite Pass and Greybull as an alternative route from Sheridan to Lovell.
Bighorn National Forest Supervisor Andrew Johnson has announced that several prescribed burns will be conducted this fall, depending on favorable weather conditions over the next few months. These burns are being conducted to reduce fuel loadings, improve wildlife habitat, and increase range forage. The burns target over-mature sagebrush and conifer encroachment into shrublands and meadows.
There is still one trail in the Medicine Wheel Ranger District near Paint Rock Lakes that is not passable due to the wind event that occurred in June. Here is a list of the trails and their conditions.
FST #116 – Kinky White Trail. It is impassable for approximately one and a half miles due to the extreme amount of trees blown down across the trail.
FST #354 and #059 are now cleared and passable.
FST #116 will likely be impassable until late summer of 2019. The Forest is pursuing partnerships and supplemental funding to accomplish clearing the trails and making them passable.
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