Weather Delays Camps

Sat., May 18, 1996

By Ken Olsen keno@spokesman.com

Soggy roads, snow and a late spring will make some campgrounds on the St. Joe District of the Idaho Panhandle National Forest inaccessible for several weeks.

There is still several feet of snow at Gold Pass and the road is icy and rutted. The Red Ives Road - Forest Service Road 218 - is in poor condition with many rocks, slides and failing road shoulders.

Travelers should have high clearance vehicles and be prepared to move rocks and trees out of the road, the Forest Service said.

Water and other services won’t be available in some St. Joe area campgrounds Memorial Day weekend because the Forest Service hasn’t been able to get to the campgrounds. Those campgrounds include Conrad Crossing, Fly Flat, Beaver Creek, Line Creek Stock Camp and Spruce Tree. , DataTimes

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