Major Wahkeena landslide

[squidvicious]

There is a major landslide on the Wahkeena trail above Fairy Falls. The hillside pretty much fell away and left a sheer drop where trail used to be. Someone put up a makeshift closure barrier of branches and flagging tape at Fairy Falls, but when I went through this morning there was no warning at either trailhead.

I did stop in at the visitor's center, who rather nonchalantly said they were aware and were "advising people not to try the loop trail today."

The switchbacks below Fairy Falls that have been something of an ongoing slide in progress are worse as well, with at least one new big tree across the trail and a lot of snow-covered bumps that are some mix of rocks and branches.

[Petr]

"2/18/24: Landslide above Fairy Falls (approximately 2.0 miles from trailhead)has blown-out trail switchbacks. No timeline for repairs. Trail is not officially closed but access is not recommended. Cross slide with extreme caution."

Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/crgnsa/ ... ecid=29998