Upper Icicle Road Closure Info - June 17, 2011

Here is the latest information on the Icicle Road Closure after a landslide near Fourth of July on June 10, 2011.

This Road Closure does not in any way affect any of the Leavenworth Rock Climbing or Mountaineering Programs at the Northwest Mountain School.  We are 100% open for business and have access to 99% of the routes we guide.

U.S. FOREST SERVICE NEWS RELEASE
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
215 Melody Lane
Wenatchee, WA 98801

For immediate release: June 17, 2011
Contact: Susan C Peterson, Public Affairs, Wenatchee River Ranger District, 509.548.2558



Upper Icicle Valley Remains Closed to Access


Leavenworth, Wash. —  The upper Icicle Valley, located on the Wenatchee River Ranger District, remains closed to all public use beyond the junction of Eightmile Road and Icicle Rd because the hillsides are unstable and water saturated.

The closure affects all motorized, pedestrian, stock and any other type of entry into the area.

A large mudslide on Friday, June 10, closed upper Icicle Road (FS Rd #76) approximately 10 miles west of Leavenworth in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, stranding over 30 people overnight before crews could rescue them.  No injuries were reported.

The District continues to keep the area closed because of continued mud slides flowing in the upper Icicle Valley and the potential for more slides to occur. There is no estimate on when the area will be reopened.

Closures:
•         Upper Icicle Road #76 from the junction of Eightmile Road and Icicle Road     (access allowed on Eight mile Road).
•        All Icicle campgrounds except for Bridge Creek and Eight mile Campgrounds, which remain open.
•        4th of July Trail #1579 is closed.

For more information call:  509-548-2550.