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**UPDATED 10/24** Labor Mountain Fire Closure on the Wenatchee River & Cle Elum Districts
This closure is enacted to reduce the potential for members of the public to be endangered or harmed by the post-fire hazards, as well as to allow for remaining suppression repair and rehabilitation work.
As closures are reduced, it's important for visitors to recently burned areas to stay alert to post-fire hazards:
- LOOK UP for upslope burned areas, snags, and exposed rocks that may fall.
- LOOK DOWN for debris from falling rocks, erosion – especially at road and trail edges, and ash pits (which may form from root pockets or stumps of burned trees).
- LOOK AROUND. Be situationally aware. Check the weather before you travel, including at higher elevations. Wind, rain, ice and snow can increase the risk of tree fall, rock fall, slides and other hazards. Flash floods and landslide risks are elevated below severely burned areas.
- LOOK BELOW the surface of standing water and moving water for floating logs, submerged trees and other debris, which can strike or entangle swimmers and boaters and damage other infrastructure.
Alert Start Date: October 24, 2025
Alert End Date: December 31, 2025
Rec Sites Affected:
Order Number: 06-17-07-25-41
Associated Documents
Forest Order
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Cle Elum, WA
Labor Mountain Fire Superseding Closure
Closure Order: 06-17-07-25-41
Pursuant to 16 USC § 551 and 36 CFR § 261.50(a) and (b), and to provide for public safety, the following acts are prohibited within the Wenatchee River and Cle Elum Ranger Districts of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. This Order supersedes Forest Order #06-17-03-25-36 signed by Tara Umphries on September 30th, 2025, and is effective October 24th, 2025 through December 31, 2025 unless rescinded sooner.
PROHIBITIONS:
1. 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 § 261.55(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:
Closure applies only to Forest Service lands, roads and trails within area closure.
Closure begins on the eastside of Highway 97 at the jct. with FSR 7204 in T. 23N., R. 17E. sec. 36. Closure then proceeds SE on the SW side of FSR 7204 to the jct. with FSR 7200 in T.23N., R. 17E. sec. 6. Closure then proceeds N on the S and E side of FSR 7200 to the jct. with Camas Creek in T. 23N., R. 18E. sec. 4. Closure then proceeds generally E along the S side of Camas Creek until the jct. with FSR 7104 in T. 22N., R. 18E. sec. 2. Closure then proceeds E on the S side of FSR 7104 until the jct. with FSR 7100 in T. 22N., R. 18E. sec. 6. Closure then proceeds S on the W side of FSR 7100 until the jct. with Devils Gluch Trailhead in T. 22N., R. 18E. sec. 18. Closure then proceeds S on the W side of FST 1220 until T. 22N., R. 18E. sec. 30. Closure then proceeds W on the southern border of sec. 30, 25, and 26 until the jct. with FST 1204 in T. 22N., R. 18E. sec. 26. Closure then proceeds N on the E side of FST 1204 until the jct. with FSR 7224 in T. 22N., R. 18E. sec. 16. Closure then proceeds generally SW on the N and W sides of FSR 7224 until the jct. with Hwy. 97 in T. 22N., R. 18E. sec. 21. Closure then resumes and proceeds S on the W side of Hwy. 97 until the jct. with FSR 7324 and the Wenatchee River/Cle Elum Ranger District boundary at Blewett Pass in T. 21N., R. 18E. sec. 4. Closure then proceeds generally W along the District boundary until the jct. with FST 1226 in T. 22N., R. 17E. sec. 34. Closure then continues generally W on the N and E sides of FST 1226 until the jct. with FST
1364 in T. 22N., R. 17E. sec. 28. Closure then proceeds generally S on the N and W side of FST 1364 until the jct. with FST 1351 in T. 22N., R. 17E. sec. 32. Closure then proceeds along FST 1351 until the jct. with FSR 9703 in T. 22N., R. 17E. sec. 25 (FST 1351 will be closed from jct. with 1364 to FSR 9737). Closure then proceeds SW on the N side of FSR 9703 to the jct. with FSR 9737 in T. 22N., R. 16E. sec. 33. Closure then proceeds NW on the N and E side of FSR
9737 until the jct. with FST 1399 in T. 22N., R. 15E. sec. 3. Closure then proceeds E on the S side of FST 1399 to the jct. with FST 1391 in T. 22N., R. 15E. sec. 6. Closure then proceeds N on the E side of FST 1391 until the jct. with District boundary in T. 22N., R. 16E. sec. 6. Closure then proceeds generally east along the District boundary until the jct. with FST 1216 in T. 22N., R. 16E. sec. 11. Closure then proceeds NE on the E side of FST 1216 until the jct. with FST 1215 in T. 23N., R. 16E. sec. 31. Closure then proceeds E on the S side of FST 1215 until the jct. with FSR 7310 in T. 23N., R. 17E. sec. 26. Closure then proceeds NE on the SE side of FSR 7310 to the jct. with Hwy. 97 in T. 23N., R. 17E. sec. 24. Closure then proceeds S on the W side of Hwy. 97 to the jct. with FSR 7204 and the origin of the closure.
Roads Closed
FSR 7322-230
FSR 9703-112 – Standup Creek
FSR 7320
FSR 9715 – Old Blewett Highway (portion)
FSR 7324
FSR 7324-800
FSR 7324-900
FSR 7324-300
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
FSR 7204-183
FSR 7204-111
FSR 7204-181
FSR 7204-180
FSR 7204
FSR 7226
FSR 7340-611
FSR 7340-311
FSR 7350
FSR 7350-210
FSR 7220 Magnet Creek
Trails Closed
Bear Creek Trail #1351
Stafford Creek Trail #1359
Standup Creek Trail #1369
Miller Peak Trail #1379
Bean Creek Trail #1391.1, 1391.2
County Line Trail #1226
Beverly Turnpike Trail #1391
Entienne Creek Trail
Three Brother Trail #1211
Red Hill Trail # 1223
Red Hill Spur # 1223-1
Red Devil Trail # 1221 Tronson Ridge Trail # 1204 (lower section)
Magnet Creek Trail # 1206
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 24th day of October, 2025.
Contact Name:
Okanogan-Wenatchee National ForestContact Number:
(509) 664-9200Maps
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