Roads Damaged By Winter Storms Remain Closed

Portions of dozens of roads in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest are closed because of winter storm damage. Hunters may be forced to find a different route.

Hunters are encouraged to check with the nearest Forest Service office before heading to camp. “Even if a road is open, it may be rutted, reduced to a single lane or accessible to a high clearance vehicle,” Forest Supervisor Dave Wright said.

Some roads are closed because of damage from last November’s ice storm. Some are closed to help protect wildlife habitat or because of logging.

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: CLOSED ROADS The primary closures, by ranger district, include:

Priest Lake Ranger District: Ten miles of the Hughes Ridge Road Intermittent closures on the Moore-Gleason Road

Bonners Ferry Ranger District: Two miles of the Myrtle Creek Road Eleven miles of the Ball Creek Road Nine miles of the Trout Creek Road Seven miles of the Boundary Creek Road

Sandpoint Ranger District: The Rattle Creek Road is only accessible from Montana by way of the Keeler Creek Drainage VanDyke Road Pearson Creek Road Jeru Road Forest Service Road 270A Old Lakeview Road 278H Ten miles of the Green Mountain Road Main Connection Road 1180

St. Joe Ranger District Three miles of the Loop Creek Road Seven miles of the Freezeout Road Five miles of the Hemlock Creek Road Four miles of the Glover Creek Road Four miles of the Little Bear Creek Road Twelve miles of the Slate Creek Road Two miles of the Thor Mountain Road