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dsahlberg Member
Joined: 28 May 2022 Posts: 3 | TRs | Pics
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Hello folks,
I drove by this access road (62) a few days ago and noticed that the long closed gate at hiway 2 is now open.
Does anyone know if it's open "permanently" now (or when it opens and closes) ? Is the ranger district responsible for opening and closing ?
Thanks for any help here.
Doug S.
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ale_capone Member
Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 717 | TRs | Pics
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I thought its been open for a while? We went up to persis last October. I think my neighbour said they where up there driving around a couple weeks ago.
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dsahlberg Member
Joined: 28 May 2022 Posts: 3 | TRs | Pics
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OK, I hope it's open "full time" now. I'm going to call the rangers' on Tuesday and confirm.
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KascadeFlat Member
Joined: 06 Jul 2020 Posts: 310 | TRs | Pics Location: Eating peanut M&Ms under my blue tarp |
Wiiiide open as of this morning. Seems pretty permanent - there are quite a few “established” campsites and a shooting range along the road. Let us know what the official word is!
For a good time call: 1-800-SLD-ALDR.
For a good time call: 1-800-SLD-ALDR.
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babylero Member
Joined: 09 Oct 2020 Posts: 94 | TRs | Pics Location: Tacoma |
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babylero
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Sat May 28, 2022 10:31 pm
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It opened last summer after the logger land was sold. I called the ranger last year and they said it was staying open. Got up Index via Persis last September.
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Bramble_Scramble Member
Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 312 | TRs | Pics
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Thanks for the info! I've been itching for Persindex.
I just hope they don't close the gate again. We went there right before it closed around Labor Day? People were shooting across the road and we had to ask them to stop so we could drive by. On the way down the gun shots sounded very close. We found shells and earplugs on the trail a couple hundred feet above the car. We yelled the rest of the way down and finally got them to stop. Some local kids shooting down the trail as well as down a gully (that the road crosses down below) by the parking area. There really should have been some LEO officer up there but it was a holiday.
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ale_capone Member
Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 717 | TRs | Pics
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We went for a tour of the cadman quarry last week. They plan on expanding their operation to do hard rock quarrying just west of 6200. This would be on the big knob that burned several springs ago. The plan doesn't call for use of 6200, but it will have some impact. Main thing will be noise. Im sure you will hear any blasting, and possibly machinery. (Big bear already has a blasting quarry up there. Plus 100 trucks per day to add to the pleasure of driving highway 2.
Cadman might get a shooting restriction due to their workers being on an exposed ridge. The logging company originally got the gates locked for the same reason. My neighbour went up there to shoot years ago. Leo said it was illegal, and made them clean everything up, even though he never got to fire a shot.
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dsahlberg Member
Joined: 28 May 2022 Posts: 3 | TRs | Pics
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I too have been there in the past with shooting happening and people walking around with guns in cammo gear. I grew up around guns but it's a bit creepy as a hiker I will say.
Thanks everyone, this information is all very encouraging ! I will blog back after I get the latest info from the Ranger next week.
Doug
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philfort Member
Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 437 | TRs | Pics Location: seattle |
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Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:25 am
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FYI, there was a sign on the gate today that said "GATE WILL BE CLOSED ON JULY 1ST".
I'm guessing that's not a permanent closure, just a "keep the 4th of July yahoos out" closure.
(There's also a second sign that says the gate may be closed at any time, and if you end up locked behind the gate, it could take up to a week to get your car back).
RichP
RichP
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GoodStuff Member
Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 6 | TRs | Pics
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Hi All - I thought I'd share this since I haven't seen it posted:
If you go to the following site, there's an interactive map. Just zoom into FS 62 and click on it to see the details below.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mbs/conditions/?cid=STELPRDB5126323
Road Name: North Fork Tolt RD 261
Road Number: 62
Condition: Closed
Notes: The road is closed as of July 1st due to on going logging and illegal dumping will reopen April 2023
RichP, awilsondc KascadeFlat
RichP, awilsondc KascadeFlat
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subalpinist Member
Joined: 01 Aug 2022 Posts: 15 | TRs | Pics
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So much for the easier Persis Index traverse start this summer.
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Slim This space for rent
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 560 | TRs | Pics Location: Falling off a turnip truck |
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Sat Aug 06, 2022 3:20 pm
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I was up there 2 weeks ago (after July 1st) and the gate was open. YMMV.
"Lean mean money-making-machines serving fiends"
"Lean mean money-making-machines serving fiends"
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