Remember, conditions can change rapidly, especially in backcountry areas. Always check weather reports before your trip, pack the ten essentials and be prepared for all kinds of weather. Bring plenty of water and pack out all trash. Review our safety tips.
Forest Roads View Forest Road conditions. Contact your local ranger station to inquire about a specific route. Wildlife gates are closed from October 1 until May 1. Forest roads are prone to flooding and washouts. Never attempt to cross road washouts as you could easily get trapped. Travel with your lights on, obey speed limits, and watch for pedestrians and other vehicles.
Beginning at midnight on Friday, July 23, 2021, Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest will implement a complete ban on all campfires, including charcoal. This includes the coastal areas of Olympic National Park. Gas or propane camp stoves may still be used in the wilderness backcountry and campgrounds, but should be operated well away from flammable vegetation and forest litter. Extreme caution is urged with any open flame.
At this time, all recreation sites - with the exception of sites normally closed for the season - remain open. Visitors should check the Recreation Conditions Report prior to leaving home to ensure a site is open.
Be prepared to find services, including bathrooms and trash collection, limited or unavailable. Please protect and respect your public lands and pack out your waste.
As a part of the Sustainable Recreation effort and Recreation Site Anaylsis the Olympic National Forest is currently reviewing each of the forest’s 134 recreation sites to determine how to manage them into the future and visitor feedback is vital to help forest managers understand how and where people use recreation sites on the forest. The more we understand the value of outdoor recreation the better stewards we become.
Area(s):
Lake Cushman Area, Bear Gulch Day Use Area, Big Creek Campground, Big Creek Campground Trail #827, Big Creek Trailhead, Big Creek Upper Loop #827.1, Copper Creek Trail #876, Copper Creek Trailhead, Dry Creek East Trailhead, Dry Creek Trail #872, Jefferson Pass Trail #800, Jefferson Pass Trailhead, Mount Skokomish Wilderness, Mt. Ellinor Connector Trail #827.2, Mt. Ellinor Lower Trailhead, Mt. Ellinor Trail #812, Mt. Ellinor Upper Trailhead, Mt. Rose Trail #814, Mt. Rose Trailhead
Date(s): May 14, 2021
With support from the National Park Service, Mason County, Tacoma Power, Washington State Patrol, the Skokomish Tribe, and other local partners the Olympic National Forest will be implementing a revised forest order that adds an alcohol ban to the existing prohibitions on camping, fires, and overnight parking along the Lake Cushman Corridor (FS-24). The ban takes place May 21, 2021 and will be in place for the next two years and can be evaluated for possible extension after that time. Learn more here.
Forest Service Road 2421 is currently inaccessible approximately 1.5 miles from the 2480 junction due to road damage. Jefferson Ridge Trailhead is not accessible at this time
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