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Fire conditions and active fires in the park can mean closed roads, campfire restrictions, heavy smoke conditions, and other changes to your trip plans. Press releases listed below, alerts linked here, and closures listed below are great ways to track how your trip may be impacted.
Olympic National Forest: Most of the FS-24 road system is closed. For more info on closures and fire restrictions, visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/olympic/alerts
Current Trail and Campsite Closures
Staircase Campground and developed area
Trails:
Black & White Lakes Primitive Trail
Duckabush River Trail
Flapjack Lakes Trail
Four Stream Trail
Home Sweet Home Trail
Lacrosse Pass Trail
Lake of the Angels (Putvin Trail #813)
Lake Sundown Trail
North Fork Skokomish Trail
O’Neil Pass Trail
Six Ridge Primitive Trail
Lena Lake (Upper Lena Lake Trail, Lena Lake Trail, the section of The Brother’s Trail #821 inside NPS
boundary)
Since the federal government began suppressing wildfires in the early 1900's, fire management policy has evolved with technology and our understanding of fire ecology. Wildland fires are managed under a sophisticated organization that looks at each fire's conditions individually when deciding how to respond. While firefighter and public safety are always the top priority, the ecological effects and benefits are also important considerations, especially in wilderness areas.
