Schedule for Fall Campsite Closures

Date: August 22, 2014
Contact: Ken Hires, 509-699-2080 ext. 13

August 22, 2014 – Sedro Woolley, WA – As summer comes to an end, North Cascades National Park Service Complex begins to close campsites for the winter season. Beginning the day after Labor Day and continuing through the month of September, the following sites will be closed until next spring:

• September 2: Newhalem Loop C and Group Sites; 
• September 8: Colonial North Loop and Newhalem Picnic Sites; 
• September 15: Newhalem Loop B, Goodell Group Sites and Goodell Campground;
• September 22: Colonial South Upper Loop, Newhalem Loop A, and Newhalem Dump Station; 
• September 29: Colonial South Lower Loop, Lakefront, Gorge and CC Dump Station. 

Superintendent Karen Taylor-Goodrich said, “As we reach the end of the annual visitation season and seasonal employees leave, camping facilities are closed and winterized so they will be ready for next year’s visitors to use.”