Beginning Thursday, some trails and roads on the Deschutes National Forest will be closed for the safety of forest users and timber operators while timber harvesting and forest restoration work continues in an area west of Bend. The roads and trails, located in the popular Phil's trails area, will be closed to all visitors, including all trail users. Trail closures will occur on the following trails: Lower Whoops, Pine Drops, EXT, the northwest portion of Storm King from the junction with Forest Road 4615 and the junction with Phil's Trail, and the western-most portion of Phil's between the junction with EXT (near Forest Road 300) and its western terminus at the junction with Pine Drops, Upper and Lower Whoops, and Skyliners trails. Forest Service Roads 320 and 322 will also be closed. Trail and road closures will be in place on Mondays beginning at 12:00 a.m. through Fridays until 3 p.m. Trails will be open to the public beginning Fridays at 3:01 p.m. through Sundays u
Trails, roads in Phil s Trail area to close weekdays for timber harvesting, forest restoration
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The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plans to close Quinn River Day Use Area and Boat Ramp this Wednesday to provide for public safety during hazard tree mitigation work occurring within the area this fall. Rock Creek Day Use Area and Boat Launch also closed this past weekend to allow for this work. Visitors looking to access Crane Prairie Reservoir can go to the Crane Prairie Day Use Area and Boat Launch. This location provides boat launching opportunities. In addition to the day use areas, Quinn River, Rock Creek and Sheep Bridge Campgrounds remain closed to public access for this critical hazard tree mitigation work. Closures for these areas are anticipated to last through the fall. Camping access in the Crane Prairie area is still available at the following open campgrounds through October 23: Big River, Big River Group Camp, Bull Bend, Crane Prairie, Fall River, Gull Point, Lava Lake, Little Lava Lake, North Twin Lake, Pringle Fall, South Twin Lake, West South Twin and Wyeth. For mo
Rock Creek, Quinn River day-use areas to close for hazard tree mitigation
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