Road between Abiqua and Butte Creek Falls closed

[adamschneider]

Apparently, you can no longer access Butte Creek Falls via Crooked Finger Road. You have to go 18 miles east and then south from Scotts Mills... which makes an Abiqua-Butte Creek combo trip much less feasible.

The gate was placed to protect Weyerhaeuser’s private timberland from a host of vandalism problems that include people dumping trash, setting illegal fires and timber damage and theft, officials said.

"There have been huge problems in that area for a long time, but it really escalated with the illegal fires that were being set," said Greg Miller, public affairs manager for Weyerhaeuser in Oregon. "A human-caused fire getting out of hand up there is a huge risk."

Thanks, jerks.

(I've updated the Field Guide page.)

[Webfoot]

Jerks ruin many things for many people. Is Abiqua Falls still accessible as before?

[adamschneider]

Jerks ruin many things for many people. Is Abiqua Falls still accessible as before?

Yes. The closure is about a third of a mile past the Abiqua turnoff.