Stehekin Flood Response Update

 

Current updates and information:

  • Trails – Current conditions can be found on the park’s Trail Conditions page.
  • Camping
    • Lakeview and Purple Point Campgrounds are available first-come, first-served and free of charge.
    • Harlequin Campground is first-come, first-served through early July. Reservations are required from early July- early September. Visit the Harlequin Campground page for more information.
 

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    Timeline

    • March 5, 2026 and ongoing, 2026 – NPS funded an elevated interim road on federal land to partially rebuild Company Creek Road. NPS worked with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop a path for the elevated interim road through coordination with subject matter experts and an extensive design team. Construction by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the interim road began in early March and is expected to be completed within a few weeks (as of 5/4/26).
    • Early January and ongoing, 2026 – National Park Service and Department of Interior staff visit on a weekly basis to continue assessment and planning effort for stabilization and public engagement. Ongoing visits continue during construction of the elevated interim road and for public engagement.
    • Mid-late December, 2025 – In coordination with community members, crews cleared landslide debris from roadways and repaired damaged culverts and road segments at Stehekin Landing and along multiple miles of Stehekin Valley Road.
      • The Type-3 Incident Management Team transitioned the incident to North Cascades National Park Service Complex. Park staff continued planning efforts, assessments, and stabilization operations.
    • December 11, 2025 – A Type-3 Incident Management Team was assigned and in place to coordinate emergency response. The team, alongside Chelan County Emergency Management, worked to ensure people were safe and had access to supplies and immediate essentials.
    • December 10, 2025 – The Stehekin River experienced the second largest flood on record as part of a region-wide atmospheric river event.
      • Extensive damage occurred to the Stehekin Valley Road, including multiple landslides which damaged several sections of the road. The road was blocked for several days, initially restricting access to the Stehekin Landing.
      • Landslides deposited several feet of debris on the wastewater treatment plant drain field and destroyed the mechanical/systems building, limiting basic infrastructure at the Stehekin Landing.
      • There was a substantial geomorphic change in the lower Stehekin Valley as the Stehekin River shifted into its historic floodplain. River movement within its old channel destroyed approximately 100 feet section of Company Creek Road and a levee.
     

    Recovery Work Photos

     
    An excavator behind a large pile of gray rocks in a forest
    Constructing elevated interim road.

    NPS

    An excavator works along a stream in a forest
    Elevated interim road construction.

    NPS

    Large white sacks create a dam between two bodies of water in a forest.
    Super sacks in place to hold water from river for work to resume.

    NPS

     

    Flood Damage Photos

     
    A person on a cleared path among piles of mud, rocks, and debris as high as their shoulders.
    Flood debris at Stehekin Landing.

    NPS

    Two wood panel doors set in a casing flanked by stone walls. Bottom of doors is at ground level.
    Before flood debris.

    NPS

    Two wooden panel doors buried in rocks, mud, and debris. The lower part of the door is covered.
    After flood debris.

    NPS

    A dirt road bed bisected by ditch full of rocks and other debris. Beyond are two bridge railings.
    Flood debris near landing.

    NPS

    Tan container structures, concrete posts, & fire hydrant amid spread gravel in front of a forest.
    Wastewater treatment plant before flood debris.

    NPS

    Wreckage of a collapsed building and foreground structure partially buried in mud, rocks, and debris.
    Wastewater treatment plant after flood debris.

    NPS

    Several yellow structured in deep rocks, mud, and other debris.
    Flood debris high at landing area (Block house is public shower and laundry facilities).

    NPS

    Water cascades down a dirty and rocky slope draining into a forest edged lake.
    Stehekin Valley Road debris flows and road damage at head of lake.

    NPS

    Water cascades off a rocky cliff face onto a road creating a standing puddle.
    Water on road along Stehekin Valley Road

    NPS

    Trees, a large rock, and a power pole flank a long straight stretch of tan water.
    Along Stehekin Valley Road

    NPS

    Two people in safety vests stand on a paved road that is falling into a lake with trees in backgroun
    Road damage at 8-mile along Stehekin Valley Road

    NPS

    A large volume of tan water running through a forest with piles of debris at tree bases.
    Flooding along Company Creek Road

    NPS

     

    News Releases for Stehekin Flood Response

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      Last updated: May 8, 2026

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      810 State Route 20
      Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

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