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  • Motorized Use Restriction on the Cle Elum Ranger District

    This Order prohibits the use of motor vehicles over 40 inches wide on Taylor River Road (#5630) from the Quartz Creek Road junction to Marten Creek, and Quartz Creek Road (#5640). 

Alert Start Date: October 6, 1994

Alert End Date: N/A

Order Number: 06-05-05-95-001

Contact Information

Contact Name: Cle Elum Ranger District

Contact Number: (509) 852-1100

Associated Documents

Forest Order

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(b), the following acts are prohibited on the roads described in Appendix A and B until further notice. These roads are within the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the portion of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest that is administered by Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie.
 

  1. Use of motorized vehicles on the forest development roads listed in Appendix A. [36CFR 261.54(a)]
  2. Operating vehicles wider than 40 inches on forest development roads listed in Appendix B. [36 CFR 261.54(d)]

CLOSURE AREAS

  1. Taylor River Road (Rd #5630) - Closed to motor vehicles over 40 inches wide from the Quartz Creek Road junction to Marten Creek, north line Section 11, T24N, R10E.
  2. Quartz Creek Road (Rd# 5640) - Closed to motor vehicles over 40 inches wide. 

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EXEMPTIONS

The following persons are exempt from this order:

  1. Persons with a permit.
  2. Owners or lessees of land in the area with right of access on roads through an easement, share cost agreement, special use permit, or another valid instrument.
  3. Residents in the area with right of access on roads only.
  4. Any Federal, State, or Local officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.

Last updated September 22, 2025