ALERT: Temporary closure on Forest Road 25 due to landslide

Release Date: Jun 8, 2023

ALERT: Due to a significant landslide and subsequent slope destabilization along a section of Forest Road 25 at milepost (MP) 26, the road will be closed as a through-route until further notice. From the north side of the forest, the road is currently closed just south of the junction with Forest Road 99, due to snow. As the snow melts road crews will move the closure just south of the Boundary Trailhead around MP 23. On the south end, Forest Road 25 will remain closed past the junction of Forest Road 25/93. Forest Road 93 will remain accessible from the south.

Forest engineers are working to put together an emergency response. 

Once snow melts out, which is predicted to occur in July, and Forest Road 99 is accessible, visitors will need to travel Forest Road 25 from the north to access Forest Road 99 to Windy Ridge. Forest Road 99 will NOT be accessible from the south via Forest Road 25. The damaged section of road will most likely be inaccessible throughout the summer. More information will be shared when it becomes available.

Please be advised that there will multiple road repair projects occurring on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest this summer.  Visitors should call ahead and check current conditions to find out if the route that they are planning to take is affected.  

Offices: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/giffordpinchot/alerts-notices/?aid=73049 
 

Conditions report: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/giffordpinchot/recreation#conditions