Fire Recovery Updates
Last updated: 3/21/2024
Riverside Fire on the Clackamas River Ranger District (2020 fire)
- Shellrock, Raab, Kingfisher, and Hideaway Campgrounds will reopen this summer. They will be first-come, first-served in 2024. Recreation staff continue to work on other campgrounds. Dispersed camping beyond the Highway 224/Forest Road 46 boundary is allowed.
- After months of repair work, Bagby Hot Springs and Bagby Campground will reopen in May.
- Mt. Hood National Forest, the National Forest Foundation, and a local contractor are redesigning and repairing Rainbow Campground. It will need a signficant amount of work but is expected to open sometime this summer.
- Forest Road 46 is open up to the boundary with the Willamette National Forest, where it's gated for winter road construction work. Visitors cannot use this route to travel from Estacada to Detroit until the road reopens in 2024. Because of the ongoing recovery work, there is no vehicle, foot, bicycle, or over-snow travel allowed in the closed section of Forest Road 46. For more information, visit the Willamette National Forest website.
- Forest Roads 63, 70, 42, and most of their spurs are open. Additionally, most forest roads outside of the Riverside, Lionshead, and Bull Complex fire perimeters are now open. Many of these roads still require high clearance vehicles.
- View the map showing road and recreation access.
- Per Forest Order, some roads will remain closed to motor vehicles until danger trees are removed. These roads include:
- Forest Road 4620 at Hwy 224 junction
- Forest Road 4631 at Hwy 224 junction
- Forest Road 4630 between Hwy 224 & Forest Road 4635
- Forest Road 54 (Fish Creek Road) at Hwy 224 junction
- Forest Road 57 between Hwy 224 and Lake Harriet
- Read the Frequently Asked Questions about the Clackamas River Ranger District fire recovery for info about upcoming work, roads, trails, and recreation sites.
- In Fall 2022 the Forest completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) and signed a Decision Notice for danger tree removal along most roads and in recreation sites. This decision allows the Forest to clear fire-killed danger trees that will likely fall on roads or infrastructure.
- Many areas of high fire intensity are full of hazard trees and hillsides that may give way and cause landslides. Read more about hazard & danger tree work on the Forest.
- Inventory of fire-related damage to recreation sites from the Riverside Fire.
Bull Complex on the Clackamas River Ranger District (2021 fire)
- Policy requires that designated Wilderness recovers naturally, meaning that downed or fire-killed trees in Wilderness will be left to decompose or fall on their own. Any trail repair or maintenance work has to be completed using non-motorized equipment, such as crosscut saws, by crews on foot.
White River Fire on the Barlow Ranger District (2020 fire)
- Construction of the Barlow Creek bridge was completed in September 2023, reopening the portion of the Barlow Road between OR Highway 35 and Forest Road 43.
- The White River Fire area has a few roads still requiring danger tree work before they can open. Read the text of the Forest Order here. Find the road closure map here (page 3).
- Forest Road 48 and Forest Road 43 are open.
Lionshead Fire on the Clackamas River RD & the Willamette National Forest (2020 fire)
- Some campgrounds at Olallie Lake, including Peninsula & Horseshoe Lake, suffered extensive damage and will continue to be closed The area around and south of Olallie has dead and weakened hazard trees. View photos of the Olallie Lake area after the Lionshead Fire.
- The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is open.