Road Closures in Boise National Forest Through 15 June 2019

Biking, Hikes and Fish Idaho

(April 10, 2019 / Author: Tim Bondy) The Boise National Forest has temporarily closed some roads in the Fall Creek and Pine, Idaho area to vehicle traffic until June 15, 2019. This closure will prevent access to a favorite place of mine, north of Fall Creek. The road closures are to allow for tree planting operations following a 2013 wildfire that swept through this area.

Featured Image Info:  43.4669189,-115.3608169 / Boise National Forest / Lester Creek Road or Sloan Gulch Road or FSR #128

Forest Service Road Closure Map

Closed from April 2 until June 15, 2019. 

Coordinates & Map Link From Near Closures: 43.483077, -115.395197 /    https://goo.gl/maps/fDYCaAzWdYy

Boise Nation Forest Roads Affected

These Forest Service Roads (FSR) road closures might affect your mountain biking or hiking plans until they open. 

Lester Creek or Sloan Creek Road / FSR #128: This road flows west out of the town of Pine, Idaho up into the hills where it turns north to Camp Creek. From there #128 heads west and downhill towards the Ice Springs Campground. The closed portion of #128 looks to end where it intersects with Fall Creek Road or Trinity Mountain Road / FSR #129. 

Creek Road or Trinity Mountain Road / FSR #129: This small closed portion of #129 flows from the bridge over Fall Creek and the intersection of #128 and #129 northward to Stavley Creek / FSR #118.

From the intersection of FSR #129 and FSR #118, about one mile of FSR #118 is closed until it intersects with Anderson Creek Road / FSR #103. 

Anderson Creek Road / FSR #103: This road closure flows 5.5 miles northward and upward and then down into the West Fork of Fall Creek where it deadends.

Photographs From Near the Closed Roads

I rode FSR #128 in 2017. It was one of the first times I’ve been up there. See https://photos.app.goo.gl/RF82bUgqnktFDq5P8 for a large photo taken at 43.4136581, -115.3609695
From a 22 June 2014 trip. Standing near the intersection of FSR #128 and #129. See https://photos.app.goo.gl/u74GcFcdYeiktk3W9 taken at 43.500411, -115.415807
Taken at 43.5091934, -115.4236679 on 6 July 2018 on FSR #118. See https://photos.app.goo.gl/SHrokQLwie84g1ho6
See FSR #103 on https://photos.app.goo.gl/fzkKXZvwem7rbpDk9 taken at 43.5031738, -115.4432297

 

Link to Closure Order

Download the pdf at https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd619548.pdf

Or you can contact the Mountain Home Ranger District at 208-587-7961.

 

Originally published on April 10, 2019

 

Thanks,

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Tim Bondy
Freelance Writer & Citizen Journalist

“Moving on is not closure. It’s not neat, and it’s not about turning the page. It is about moving on, but it doesn’t mean that you’ve left something behind.”  ~ Thomas Gibson

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