Warm weather, snow melt and spring rains are creating soft road surfaces and spring breakup conditions on many Flathead National Forest roads.
To provide for safe transportation and protect the condition of the road system, the forest annually implements temporary road closures and load limits across the forest. For the next few months, forest road managers will check conditions and sign roads as “closed” or assign a load limit as appropriate based on the local conditions.
“Temporary restrictions are an important tool we use to help protect the road surface and ensure that the road drainage works properly,” Flathead National Forest Acting Supervisor Sharon LaBrecque says. “We ask all forest users to respect these spring break-up restrictions. Traveling on soft road beds can cause damage which often results in longer-term closures to fix the problems.”
For updated information on temporary road restrictions on the Flathead National Forest contact the individual ranger district:
Hungry Horse/Glacier View Ranger District 387-3800
Tally Lake Ranger District 758-5204
Swan Lake Ranger District 837-7500
General forest information can be found online.