Forest Service opens more trails

Forest Service opens more trails

Closures slowly being lifted since Beaver Creek Fire

By GREG MOORE Express Staff Writer

More roads and trails on the Ketchum Ranger District closed since the Beaver Creek Fire last August are being opened in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Baker Creek Road north of Ketchum, which has been closed at a point about three miles from state Highway 75 at the junction with the East Fork of Baker Creek, is now open to provide access to the Norton Lake and Baker Lake trails. District Ranger Kurt Nelson said crews have been working on the road for the past three weeks replacing culverts and rebuilding drainage ditches.

Weve been shifting the crews around, repairing fire damage, he said.

Nelson said numerous trees are still down across the Norton Lake and Baker Lake trails, and that log walkways have been rebuilt across wet areas but have spikes sticking up along the sides from the old walkways.

Deer Creek Road, north of Hailey, has been opened as far as Wolftone Creek, about seven miles from the highway. Beyond that, foot traffic only will be allowed.

Camping in the Deer Creek drainage remains prohibited, for safety reasons.

Weve still got pretty high potential for debris flows and flash floods, Nelson said.

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