Fire closure maps: OR, WA, CA

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Fire closure maps: OR, WA, CA

Post by bobcat » June 13th, 2021, 9:36 am

I thought I'd post an updated list of the current closure maps from the September 2020 fires as we get into the summer 2021 hiking season:


Big Hollow Fire: Gifford Pinchot National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 801773.pdf


Riverside Fire: Mt. Hood National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 836600.pdf


White River Fire: Mt. Hood National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 811213.pdf


Beachie Creek Fire & Lionshead Fire: Willamette National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 879241.pdf


Holiday Farm Fire: Willamette National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 879242.pdf


Archie Creek Fire: Umpqua National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 886162.pdf


Thielsen Fire: Umpqua National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 886158.pdf


Slater Fire: Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest and Klamath National Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 907010.pdf

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 909404.pdf


Note also that there are trail closures/extensive damage from the September and January storms in various areas, including on the Timberline Trail.

State Parks trail closures

* North Trail in Cape Lookout State Park
* South Neahkahnie Trailhead to the Neahkahnie Viewpoint in Oswald West State Park
* Oregon Coast Trail from Arch Cape to Cape Falcon in Oswald West State Park

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Re: Fire closure maps: OR, WA, CA

Post by adamschneider » June 13th, 2021, 10:13 am

Geez, I didn't even know there'd been a "Thielsen Fire." Looks like the summit trail and the PCT are still open though.

Here's a much more detailed Beachie Creek/Lionshead map that actually shows all of the closed trailheads: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 916196.pdf

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Re: Fire closure maps: OR, WA, CA

Post by bobcat » June 14th, 2021, 6:48 am

I've also tagged all the closed hikes that I know of in the Field Guide, so you can now see a list:

https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guid ... sed_Trails

These will include closures because of the September 2020 fires/winds, the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire, and Winter 2021 windstorms. Obviously, there are many other trails closed which we don't have in the Field Guide (usually farther away from the Portland area). Also, not all of these trails burned; some are inaccessible because of road closures.

The Bureau of Land Management is particularly opaque about its closures, with links that promise information and then just click back to each other or link to Forest Service maps that don't show BLM areas.

I'm not sure about access to the Bull of the Woods trails. It seems most of the roads leading into Bull of Woods are actually closed (including to Bagby), so while the area's trails are "open", you can't really get in except perhaps via a couple of eastern trailheads. Does anyone have any clarity on which trailheads can be accessed directly?

Edit: O.K., I think I answered my own question. Looks like you can get into all the trailheads in Bull of the Woods via Skyline and back roads if you can put up with such a long drive. FS says Bagby is closed, but not sure that's true since all the other BotW trails are listed as open.

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Re: Fire closure maps: OR, WA, CA

Post by BurnsideBob » June 14th, 2021, 9:25 am

Thank you, Bobcat, for keeping the Guide current and relevant!!

A true public service you are!

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Re: Fire closure maps: OR, WA, CA

Post by Aimless » June 14th, 2021, 9:40 am

bobcat wrote:
June 14th, 2021, 6:48 am
FS says Bagby is closed, but not sure that's true since all the other BotW trails are listed as open.
I think the Hot Springs bath houses are now fee-based, so it is possible the Bagby trail is 'open', but the bath houses are considered to be closed because the concessionaire is not in place. Anyway, excellent work, Burnside Bob, in tracking down the closure info across half a dozen web sites and collecting it for easy access.

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Re: Fire closure maps: OR, WA, CA

Post by walrus » June 14th, 2021, 6:12 pm

BurnsideBob wrote:
June 14th, 2021, 9:25 am
Thank you, Bobcat, for keeping the Guide current and relevant!!

A true public service you are!
Hear, hear!

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