Summer is the time in which much of our road maintenance work gets done. Factors such as fires, fallen trees, construction, and wildlife can force road closures in popular areas. Visit our Roads Table for information about road closures and conditions, and please be sure to confirm with your local district office.
The Riverside Fire reached over 138,000 and has left many damaged roads and recreation sites. Dead and weakened trees have made many roads and hillsides dangerous for months to come.
Highway 224 & FR 46 are closed past Promontory Park as the corridor sustained heavy damage and intense fire activity.
Due to the ongoing hazards from the Lionshead Fire, the Olallie Lake area is CLOSED for the winter season. Forest Road 4220 is CLOSED at the intersection with FR 4690.
The Pacific Crest Trail is CLOSED for the season for about 40 miles from where it enters the forest from the Warm Springs Reservation (near Olallie Meadows Campground) south through a portion of the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness. View the closure and reroute directions from the Pacific Crest Trail Association website.
Still Creek Rd. (Forest Road 2612) is temporarily CLOSED from mile post 7.00 to the Trillium junction. This closure for road work was delayed due to Labor Day windstorm and Riverside Fire reassignments. Road will hopefully open by mid-November.
There is no access from Forest Road 4300 going West via the Barlow Road at this time. The road is closed by a locked gate and barricade. The West end of the Barlow Road is now open from Hwy. 35, but terminates at the closed bridge and gate previously described. While some blowdown trees have been cut, many more may remain along the route. Be prepared and use caution.
The bridge that is behind the gate near the 43 road entrance has been deemed unsafe to any use and has been barricaded from use. The bridge replacement project did not receive funding for 2019. All effort is being made to secure funding, but this project must compete for the limited funding that is available with 17 other Forests. Please refer to the Closure Map for the location of the closure.
The road is open going East of Forest Road 43, but blowdowns have been reported along the route.
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