One of the three slides that covered the Dunham Creek Road (FS #4388) early Thursday morning.
The first slide that covered the road into the Lodgepole trailhead Thursday, July 25.
The second slide across the Dunham Creek Road.
SEELEY LAKE - Recent thunderstorms camped on Spruce Creek last week which caused a substantial mud/debris slide to cover the Dunham Creek Road (Forest Road #4388) in three places. There were several people stuck at the Lodgepole trailhead, located at the end of the road. No one was injured during the slides.
Bull Creek Forestry started opening the road Thursday, July 25. The crew opened the road enough to allow the stuck vehicle to get out. However, at the Spruce Creek crossing, water was seeping through the debris and torrent material and was saturating the road fill.
"As a result, I'm not confident that the road prism is going to remain drivable," wrote District Ranger Quinn Carver in an email.
Once the District is able to keep water from permeating the road fill, they will remove the barricades. He expects the work will continue into next week to re-establish stable road drainage at all three sites. Carver suggests the public not drive to the Lodgepole trailhead until this is complete.
For more information please call the Ranger District 406-677-2233.
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