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  • Labor Mountain Fire Fire Closure Order updated on Sept. 10

    This closure is enacted to reduce the potential for members of the public to be endangered or harmed by the hazards associated with active wildfire and recently burned forest, as well as to reduce the potential for members of the public to interfere with or impede suppression and rehabilitation activity.

Alert Start Date: September 10th, 2025

Alert End Date: December 31st, 2025

Order Number: 06-17-03-25-33

Forest Order

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Okanogan-Wenatchee ation I Forest
Cle Elum, WA
Labor Mount in Fire Closure Order
Closure Order.: 06-17-03-25-33

Pursuant to 16 USC§ 551 and 36 CFR § 261.S0(a) and (b) and to provide for public safety, the
following acts are prohibited within the Wenatchee Ri er and Cle Elum Ranger Districts of the
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. This Order supersedes Forest Order #06-17-03-25-30
signed by Tara Umphries on September I 0, 2025, and is effective September 10, 2025 through
December 31, 2025 unless rescinded sooner.


PROHIBITIONS:


I .Entering into or being upon National Forest System lands, as described below and
displayed on the attached map, Exhibit A [36 CFR § 261.53(e)].


2.Being on a National Forest System trail, as described below and displayed on the
attached map, Exhibit A [36 CFR § 261.SS(a)].


3.Being on a National Forest System Road as described below and displayed on the
attached map, Exhibit A [36 CFR § 261.54(e)].


4. Use of vehicle off of National Forest System Roads as described below and displayed on
the attached map, Exhibit A (36 CFR § 261.56].


CLOSURE AREA DESCRIPTION:


The Labor Mountain Fire Closure area is described as:


The boundary of the closure starts in Section 8, T. 21 N. R. 16 E. W.M. at thejuction ofFSR
9737 and FSR 9738. It follows the west edge of FSR 9737 to its intersection with FSR 9701. It
follows the west edge of FSR 9701 to the end of the road in Section 2, T. 21 N. R 15 E W.M. It
then foJiows the west edge of Way Creek Trail# 1235 north to its intersection with the Koppen
Mountain Trail# 1225. It follows the west edge of trail #1225 to where it intersects DeRoux
Spur Trail #1392.1. It follows the north edge of trail #1392.lto its intersection with Boulder-De
Roux Trail #1392. It follows the north edge of trail #1392 to its intersection with the North Fork
Teanaway Trail # 1358. It follows the west edge of trail # 1358 to its intersection with the
Esmeralda Basin Trail # 1394. It foJlows the west edge of trail # 1394 to its intersection with
Ingall's Way Trail #1390. It follows the west edge of trail 􀄄1390 to the Kittitas-Chelan County line in Section 26, T 23 N. R. 15 E. W.M. and the Wenatchee River and Cle Elum Ranger
Districts' boundary. Closure then follows the Alpine Lakes Wilderness boundary W then N to
Ingalls Peak in Section 23, T. 23 N. R. 15 E. W.M. Closure then follow ridgeline to Stuart Pass
and the junction with the Ingalls Creek Trail # 1215 in Section 14, T. 23 N. R. 15 E. W .M.
Closure then follows trail #1215 E to Ingalls Creek Trailhcad in S ction 26, T. 23 N. R. 17 E.
W.M. Closure then follows Ingalls Creek Road to junction \.Vith Washington State Highway 97
in Section 24, T. 23 N. R. 17 E. W.M. Closure then follows the we tern side ofl-Ughway 97
generally south to Blewett Pass. The closure continues at the Wenatchee and Cle Elum Ranger Districts' boundary in Section 4, T. 21 N. R. 18 E. W.M. where it follows the north side of
Washington State Highway 97 until the junction of FSR 9022 Blue Creek Road, in Section 22,
T. 22 N - R. 1 7. ,E. W .M. It then follows the north side of FSR 9022 to the intersection of FSR
9738, Jack Creek Road, in Section 7, T. 22 N. R. 17 E. WM. It follows the south edge of FSR
9738 back to the point of origin at the junction of FSR 9737 and 9738 in Section 8, T. 21 N. R.
16E. W.M.


Roads Closed
FSR 9022 - Blue Creek Road
FSR 9703 - Stafford Creek
FSR 9703-112 - Standup Creek
FSR 9714 - Iron Creek Road
FSR 9714-111 - Hovey Creek Road
FSR 9715 - Old Blewett Highway
FSR 973 7 - North Fork Teanaway
FSR 9701 - Jungle Creek
FSR 9738-Jack Creek
FSR 9737-112- Beverly Creek
FSR 7316
FSR 7316-211
FSR 7316-311
FSR 7316-511
FSR 7322
FSR 7322-440
FSR 7322-400
FSR 7322-200
FSR 7322-205
Trails Closed
FSR 7322-230
FSR 9714-207
FSR 9714-204
FSR 7320
FSR 7324
FSR 7324-300
FSR 7324-800
FSR 7324-900
FSR 7340
FSR 7340-611
FSR 7340-311
FSR 7350
FSR 7350-210
FSR 6751

 

Trails Closed

Within the boundary described above, the following trails are closed:
Iron Bear Trail #1351
Stafford Creek Trail #1359
Teanaway Ridge TraiL#1364
Standup Creek Trail1#1369
Miller Peak Trail #I 379
Bean Creek Trail #1391.1, 1391.2
County Line Trail # 1226
Beverly Turnpike Trail #1391
Long's Pass Trail #1229
lngall's Way Trail #1390
lron Peak Trail # 1399
Esmeralda Basin Trail # 1394 - to its junction with County Line Trail # 1226.2
Boulder-De Roux Trail # 1392
De Roux Spur Trail #1392.1
Koppen Mountain Trail # 1225
Johnson Medra Trail # 1383
Jungle Creek Trail # 1383.1
Way Creek Trail #1235
Entienne Creek Trail
Three Brother Trail # 1211
Falls Creek Trail #1216
Cascade Creek Trail # 1217
Hardscrabble Creek Trail # 1218
Ingalls Creek Trail # I 215

See Exhibit A for closure map.

EXEMPTIONS:


Pursuant to 36 CFR § 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:
 1. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire-fighting force in the performance of an official duty.

2. Persons with Forest Service Permit No. FS-7700-48 (Permit for Use of Roads, Trails, or   Areas Restricted by Regulation Order), specifically exempting them from this Order.


These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions in 36 CFR Part 261, Subpart A.


Violations of these prohibitions are punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for an
individual or $10,000.00 for a corporation, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or
both. (16 USC§ 551; 18 USC§§ 3551, 3571, and 3581.)


Executed in Wenatchee, Washington this 10th day of September, 2025.

 

 

Contact Name:

Cle Elum Ranger District

Contact Number:

509-852-1100

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Last updated September 10th, 2025