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PostWed Aug 04, 2010 1:51 pm 
Official Sites - source of much of the information here Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest - Alerts and Notices Road and Trail Conditions Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest - Current Conditions Olympic National Forest - new Current Conditions page is now available Olympic National Park - Current Road Conditions hotline 360-565-3131 Mt Rainier National Park - Current Road Conditions hotline 360-569-2211 press 2 then (2 for current road conditions or 3 for anticipated opening/construction projects) Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Alerts & Notices Washington State DOT - Mountain Passes Naches Ranger District - Conditions Wenatchee River Ranger District - Conditions In general, post in alphabetical order by common road name within each section unless there are more natural geographical groupings (e.g. North Fork XXX, South Fork XXX) Mount Rainier Corral Pass (FS 7174) Closed since 2015 fire, campground area high severity fire with many hazardous trees. Chinook Pass (SR 410) website Mowich Lake Road (SR 165) Mowich Lake, Spray Park, Echo/Observation Rock Typically opens in July Stevens Canyon Road Grand Park back door, Huckleberry Creek Rd 73, Was in good condition 2023 all of the way to Lonesome Lake I-90 Talapus (9030), Mason Lake (9031)? Cold Creek Road (9070) to Windy Pass and PCT 7-22-2022 Drove to Mt Catherine TH in Subaru Forester. Several sections of serious potholes. Two sections with parallel gullies along the length of the road. Once the fall rains start those gullies will collect water and I suspect serious road damage will result. Joey Tinkham (55), Good condition as of Fall 2023. May have logging traffic from Hansen Creek in 2024. Garcia (9020) ? Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road (FS 56) Mailbox TH, Taylor River TH, Dingford Creek TH, Goldmyer Hot Springs 05/15/23. Paved section open. Gravel section to Dingford trailhead is very rough.The Goldmyer Access Report usually has updated road conditions. [b]North Fork Snoqualmie Road (FS 57) Bare, Dog, Goat, Phelps, ... 10/01/2014 A $75 permit is required to access Hancock Timber lands along the North Fork road. The road is public and you can drive through Hancock lands to reach FS areas for free, but you can't park and climb Fuller or visit other attractions on their land without the permit. Rocky Run (FS 4832) The spur (136 per Google Maps) to the backdoor TH is extra brushy but save for a nasty water channel right at the beginning and some moderate rutting about halfway in is still more or less drivable. Extra clearance would be good, don't take a car you don't want to add pinstripes to. Teanaway North Fork Teanaway road (9737) Teanaway Middle Fork (NFD 113) Jack Creek Road (9738) Stafford Creek Road 9703 Beverly turnpike road (1391) (7.28.2021, Joey) Two bad spots washing out. We were very careful and did OK in a Subaru Forester. Low clearance might not make it. Jungle Creek (FS 9701) Teanaway Butte, Way Creek trail, Jungle Creek trail "Road Closed" sign at the beginning of the road. Cle Elum Trails - road closures - [*][b]Taneum - Manastash Area
  • FSR 3350 - South Cle Elum Ridge Road
  • FSR 33 - Taneum Road
  • FSR 3100 - Manastash Road
  • FSR 3120 near 3100 Junction. [/b]
  • FSR 3100 near Buck Meadows.
  • FSR 4517-117 - Granite Creek Road.
[*]Cle Elum Valley - FSR 4308 - French Cabin at 120 Junction. [*]Cle Elum Valley Road NF-4330 [*]Swauk and Liberty FSR 9707 - Pole Patch Road - two areas - First near spur 115, the second is near 4WD319. [*]Red Top Road [/list] [b]Teanaway Ridge/Jack Creek (FS 9738) ? Mountain Loop Mountain Loop Highway, Likely to melt out by late May 2023 Green Mtn Road (FS 41) - Tupso Pass, Three Fingers, Closed @ mile 8.6 due to damage to South Fork Canyon Creek bridge. No time line for repairs. Approx 10 miles to trail head @ Tupso Pass FS 4110, Green Mtn., Pot holed..more like craters. 6/4/14 FS 4111, Canyon Lake, Closed at mile 0 due to wash out. 6/4/14 FS 42, Mt Pilchuck, reconstructed 2023 North Fork Sauk Road (FS 49), 4096 Bedal Creek High clearance recommended, brushed out. Call the Darrington Ranger District at 360-436-1155 for current information Segelsen Road (FS 18), Call the Darrington Ranger District at 360-436-1155 for current information. www.fs.usda.gov/mbs Pugh (2095), Closed (seasonal) Straight Creek Road (FS 27), Multiple washouts Suiattle River Road (FS 26), Tenas Creek Road (FS 2660), Severe fire damage after bridge, expect fallen trees Whitechuck River Road (FS 23), Washed out at mile 4, possible to bike past. C-Post Mt Higgens access. Must park near 530 and hike in. Highway 2 & Leavenworth FSR #62 and roads to Persis trailhead - Gate often CLOSED. If locked in call sheriff. Sultan Basin Road, ? Beckler River Road (FS 65), ? Chiwawa River Road (FS 6200) Phelps Creek TH, Spider Gap, Buck Creek Pass, Gate at end of paved road may be closed Icicle Creek Road (FS 7600) - Chatter Creek, 4th of July Creek, Icicle Creek, Snow Lakes In Winter, usually closed to wheeled vehicles past the 8 Mile Road junction. Eight Mile Road (FS 7601) - Enchantments, Colchuck Lake Usually closed in winter to wheeled vehicles. NFD 6024 - Baring Mountain Barclay Lake Road is closed indefinitely due to 2022 Bolt Creek Fire Ranger Road (FS 7701) 6/6/20 - gate closed at bottom North Cascades and Baker, Mt Baker Ranger District Church Mountain (FR 3040), Welcome Pass (FR 3060), rough Canyon Creek (FR 31), good condition, may have logging traffic or construction over the next several years Nooksack Road (FR 34), Deadhorse Road (FR 37), Washed out at around mile 3, Middle Fork Nooksack (FR 38), long with a good number of potholes Glacier Creek (FR 39), Washed out repaired October 2023 Thompson Creek (FR 3910) North Cascades Highway (SR 20), Cascade River Road (FR 15), Open to Park Boundary Sibley Creek, Hidden Lake (FR 1540), Road is rough but popular. Very bad section at last switchback barely passable to a Subaru. Illabot Creek Road (FR 16), very brushy and narrow. Not recommended during rain events due to the landslide risk. Mt. St. Helens Due to a fire there is no longer a shelter at Marble Mountain Sno-Park. Forest Road 10 2012. Closed. Mitchell Peak north access - from DNR: "While the forestland is managed by DNR, the only access road to the trailhead—10 Road—cuts across private landownership, and the new landowner has gated and closed access to the road just east of the intersection with the S-1000 Road. DNR does not have a recreation easement for recreation access across this road. DNR land managers are working on a solution.In the meantime, the only access to Mitchell Peak trail is from the North Siouxon Creek Trailhead, in the southern part of the Siouxon Block. The distance from this trailhead to the top of Mitchell Peak is about 13 miles." Olympic Peninsula Olympic National Park - see current road conditions. Mount Baldy, Maynard Burn, Tyler Peak - FS 2870/120, ? Mount Ellinor, FR 24 and 2419 Mount Jupiter Road The trail and access to the trailhead are closed through fall of 2023. Yakima County/ Naches Ranger District S. Fork Tieton Road 1000 wildcat 1306 road McDaniel Lake/Buck Lake Road No. 1502 1504 road Rattlesnake Mount Hood National Forest

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PostFri Oct 07, 2016 1:26 pm 
Friday, October 7, 2016 12:34 PDT Olympic National Park News Release ​Final Road Repairs Underway; Elwha Olympic Hot Springs Road to be Closed to All Entry Beginning Monday, October 10 The Olympic National Park road crew, with help from a local contractor, is putting the finishing touches on two major road repairs this month. The Elwha Valley's Olympic Hot Springs Road will close to all use on Monday, October 10 to allow contractors from Lakeside Industries to pave the newly-repaired section of road. This closure includes foot, bicycle and horse access. During the closure, crews will first smooth and prepare the road for paving. Once preparations are complete, the actual paving will be done as soon as weather conditions allow. Because the paving process is weather dependent, a firm timeline for reopening the road is not available at this time. Crews hope to reopen the road by the end of this month. In the Quinault Valley, the Graves Creek Road will re-open to ​motor vehicles to ​its terminus at the Graves Creek​​Trailhead ​on Saturday, October 1​5​. ​The Graves Creek Campground​ will be open with vault toilets. Potable water is not provided. Both roads have been closed since last November following a series of storms and floods. For more information about visiting Olympic National Park, people should visit the park’s website at http://www.nps.gov.olym www.nps.gov

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PostThu Oct 13, 2016 1:02 pm 
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 16:44 PDT OLYMPIC National Park News Release Mora to Rialto Beach Road Will Close Tomorrow for Repairs The road from Mora Ranger Station to Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park will close to all entry at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday October 13. The road will remain closed for approximately one week at the Mora Ranger Station as repairs are completed. Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will perform maintenance work on the Rialto Beach jetty and must repair the road in order to insure safe equipment access to the jetty. Working closely with park staff, USACE personnel will complete the road repairs. The road will be closed to all entry, including pedestrians, bicycles and motor vehicles. Olympic National Park crews had planned to make the road repairs this fall, but the work schedule was adjusted in order to accommodate access for the USACE. The Mora Road was damaged by storms and flooding last winter. For more information about visiting Olympic National Park, people should visit http://www.nps.gov/olym. www.nps.gov

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PostFri Oct 14, 2016 1:14 pm 
The road to Artist Point is now closed for the season.

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PostMon Oct 17, 2016 11:22 am 
From MRNP via twitter: Due to heavy snow, the road from White River campground to Sunrise is now closed for the season. Stevens Canyon Road is temporarily closed due to snow, and conditions will be evaluated once the storm has passed.

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PostWed Oct 19, 2016 10:35 am 
Anyone been up Cascade R road? Is it open to the end?

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PostThu Oct 20, 2016 11:38 am 
Cascade River Road is still open as of today, per the North Cascades National Park website. In other news, Mt. Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest just tweeted:
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Heavy rains are causing damage on gravel section of the Mountain Loop Highway. @snocounty responding. Use caution on forest roads!

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PostThu Oct 20, 2016 9:12 pm 
Update to the above:
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CLOSED: The gravel portion of the Mountain Loop Highway near Darrington is closed due to multiple washouts. Snohomish County crews will continue working with excavators tomorrow with the intention to open ASAP.

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PostSat Oct 29, 2016 9:14 am 
Mile 20 gate on Cascade River Rd closes on Monday. There is a slide across the trail ½mi from the Pass in one of those chutes. Didn't look difficult to cross with traction but if you slip you're back in the parking lot on the third bounce so we didn't risk it.

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PostWed Nov 16, 2016 4:02 pm 
Wednesday November 16, 2016 13:40 PST Olympic National Park News Release Hoh Road Re-Opens to Hoh Rain Forest, Mora Road to Re-Open Saturday to Rialto Beach, Olympic Hot Springs Road Remains Closed Due to Flood Risk Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest is once again accessible to motor vehicles, after being closed by storm damage in mid-October. The road is reduced to one-lane travel at the damaged location approximately 5.5 miles inside the park boundary. The inbound lane was partially undercut by the Hoh River. Park crews and contractors have stabilized the river bank and added safety barriers and signs. Motorists should use extra caution and be alert to other drivers in that area. The Mora Road is scheduled to reopen to vehicle traffic by noon this Saturday, November 18. This road has been closed since mid-October to provide safe access for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair the Rialto Beach jetty. The Olympic Hot Springs Road remains closed to motor vehicles because of safety concerns related to frequent intermittent flooding of the road. A side channel of the Elwha River has become more active since an October storm event, leading to flooding of the road in an area just upstream of the new bridge. Bicycle and foot access are permitted; visitors should use the bypass trail to avoid the flood-prone area. Park staff have installed temporary stream gauges to assess the severity and frequency of flooding. A timeline for reopening the road has not yet been established, and will be based upon information gathered from the stream gauges. -NPS-

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PostThu Feb 23, 2017 7:26 am 
For anyone thinking of heading to Palouse Falls. This area of the state is experiencing some pretty tough road conditions. Palouse Fall Park Closure

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PostWed Mar 01, 2017 2:23 pm 
Wednesday, March 01, 2017 11:37 PST Olympic National Park News Release Updated Schedule for Lake Crescent Highway Rehab Project; Construction Now Slated to Begin in Late April The contracting process for rehabilitation of 12 miles of the Lake Crescent section of Highway 101 and 4 miles of East Beach Road is still underway and this spring’s construction schedule has been adjusted. Construction is now slated to begin in late April this year. This project is being managed collaboratively by the the Federal Highway Administration and the National Park Service. The contract notice can be found online at the FedBizOpps website: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FHWA/WFL/DTFH7017B00002/listing.html The Invitation for Bid (IFB), along with plan sets and other detailed documents, is also posted there. Forty-five vendors are currently listed as “interested vendors,” with March 7 as the deadline for responses. The cost is estimated to be over $20 million. Bid opening is anticipated on March 7, with construction to begin approximately April 27, 2017. “We look forward to being able to share additional details once a contractor has been selected,” said Olympic National Park Superintendent Sarah Creachbaum. “In the meantime, however, we can affirm the basic schedule information.” The contract includes a number of requirements aimed at minimizing impacts to travelers and area residents. For example, the contractor is required to immediately open the road to emergency vehicles without delay at all times throughout the project. Additional specific information will be released after the contract is awarded. Further, the construction schedule will vary throughout the season to reduce impacts to the public while still allowing safe and efficient road work. Work will occur on weekdays only and will not be scheduled on holidays or weekends. An outline of the yearly schedule for Highway 101 is provided below. April—Late May Half‐hour delays during work hours, with short delays afterhours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic. Limited 4‐hour delays may be scheduled (from 9:00am – 1:00pm only) and must be announced two weeks in advance. Memorial Day—Labor Day (summer season) Half‐hour delays during work hours, with short delays afterhours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic. Early September— Mid November Half‐hour delays during work hours, with short delays afterhours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic. Limited 4‐hour delays (from 9:00am – 1:00pm only) and 6‐hour overnight delays (10:00pm – 4:00am only) may be scheduled and must be announced two weeks in advance. Mid November—February No construction anticipated March (2018 and 2019 only) Half‐hour delays during work hours, with short delays afterhours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic. Limited 4‐hour delays and 6‐hour overnight delays may be scheduled and will be announced two weeks in advance. The schedule and additional information are available on the Olympic National Park website at https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/lake-crescent-highway-101-rehabilitation-2017-19.htm. No more than 20 four‐hour delays are permitted each spring and each fall. Four‐hour delays may only be implemented between Labor Day and Memorial Day and only between the hours of 9:00am and 1:00pm. Emergency vehicles will have access without delay at all times. The contractor will receive monetary incentives for limiting the number of four‐hour delays. Overnight delays lasting up to six hours are permitted between Labor Day and March 31. All six‐hour delays may occur only from 10:00pm—4:00am and may only occur on Mondays through Wednesday. Emergency vehicles will have access without delay at all times. All four‐hour and six‐hour overnight delays must be scheduled and announced two weeks in advance. Notices will be sent to area media outlets, widely distributed via the Washington State Department of Transportation traffic alert webpage (https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/trafficalerts/ ) and posted on the Olympic National Park website (https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/conditions.htm) Repairs to the East Beach Road will be completed during the 2017 construction season, with work completed by November 18. East Beach Road will close to through traffic for a maximum two‐week period to replace one culvert. This closure will include one weekend and will occur between August 1 and October 31, 2017 and will be scheduled and announced in advance. Monetary incentive is offered to the contractor for reducing the length of the closure. East Beach Road was built between 1911 and 1925 and provides access to private residences, Log Cabin Resort and several popular day use areas and links Highway 101 and Highway 112 and as a bypass route around the lake. In 2015, approximately 67,600 vehicles used East Beach Road. The road along Lake Crescent’s south shore was built in the early 1920s, replacing ferry passage across the lake. Today the road is part of U.S. Highway 101 and remains a vital transportation link and popular sightseeing route for visitors to the Lake Crescent area and the Olympic Peninsula. In 2015, over 420,000 vehicles traveled this road. www.nps.gov

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PostThu Mar 02, 2017 10:16 am 
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Olympic Hot Springs Road into Olympic National Park’s Elwha Valley Now Open to Vehicles
Was out there last weekend and the gate was closed again.

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PostMon Mar 13, 2017 3:49 pm 
Anyone been all the way up the North Fork recently? There's a big slump happening about a couple miles past Sunday Creek that looks like it could go ahead and take the whole road at any moment. Wondering if anyone has heard about plans to fix it, what that might mean for closures this summer, etc.

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