Fire Recovery Updates

Last updated: 6/26/2024

Riverside Fire on the Clackamas River Ranger District (2020 fire)

• Bagby Hot Springs and Bagby Campground have reopened! Ripplebrook Store has also reopened for the season.
• Kingfisher, Raab, and Shellrock Campgrounds are open! Hideaway Lake Campground will open later this summer. These campgrounds will be first come, first served in 2024 and payment will be required via cash or check at fee tubes.
• Recreation staff continue to work on other campgrounds. Dispersed camping beyond the Highway 224/Forest Road 46 boundary is allowed.
• Mt. Hood National Forest, the National Forest Foundation, and a local contractor are redesigning and repairing Rainbow Campground. It's expected to open sometime this summer.
• Forest Road 46 is open. There is construction on FR 46 on the Willamette NF this summer with long delays on weekdays. Read the Willamette NF alert for details.
• Visitors can now travel from Hwy 224 to Lake Harriet and Timothy Lake following the reopening of more roads on the Clackamas River Ranger District.
  • Forest Road (FR) 4631 is open and is temporarily the suggested route between Hwy. 224 by the Ripplebrook Store and Lake Harriet. Look for detour signs.
  • FR 4630/Pipeline Rd. is now open. Watch for work trucks.
  • FR 57 continues to have hazard log & wood removal and upcoming culvert replacement. While it is open, expect delays of up to 30 minutes while loading is occurring and a complete, temporary closure when culverts are replaced later this summer. RVs & large trailers should continue to take Hwy. 26 to reach Timothy Lake while work on FR 57 continues, as the detour route has a few narrow spots.
• Per Forest Order, the following roads will remain closed to motor vehicles until danger trees are removed:
  • Forest Road 45 (Memaloose Road) at Hwy 224 junction
  • Forest Road 54 (Fish Creek Road) at Hwy 224 junction
• View the map showing road and recreation access. (Check out the black & white version of the map.)
• 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.
• Forest Road 48 and Forest Road 43 are open.

Lionshead Fire on the Clackamas River RD & the Willamette National Forest (2020 fire)

• Recreation crews are planning to do substantial trailwork within the Bull of the Woods Wilderness and surrounding the Olallie Lake Scenic Area this summer (2024) with remaining fire recovery funding.
• Some campgrounds at Olallie Lake, including Lower Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and Peninsula, suffered extensive damage and remain closed until reconstruction is completed. 
• The area around and south of Olallie has dead and weakened hazard trees. View photos of the Olallie Lake area after the Lionshead Fire.