Trail Updates
Check back to this page for updated information on trail closures, new trail openings and reroutes.
August 2010 – Mile Creek Face Trail/CDNST closed on the Hebgen Lake Ranger District due to safety concerns with cow carcasses in the area potentially attracting bears. More information is available here.
July 2010 – Upper Green River area closed to overnight camping Bridger-Teton National Forest camping area closed due to bear activity. More information is available here.
Summer 2010 – Glacier National Park The CDT in the Many Glacier may be temporarily closed at times due to bear activity. These trails are reopened as quickly as possible after being deemed safe by Park staff. Check in at a ranger station before beginning your hike to get the latest information.
Summer 2010 – Routt National Forest trailhead closings
General: FS Road 443 including North Lake, Burn Ridge, and Three Island Lake Trailheads. Trail 1163.1a and portions of 1163, 1100, and 1164: all closed until Oct. 30 including weekends.
Details: FS Road 443 off the Seedhouse Road 400 ends at the North Lake Trailhead. FS Road 443 provides access to the Burn Ridge Trailhead and the Mt Zirkel Wilderness Area from the Three Island Lake and North Lake Trailheads. These access points will closed for the summer.
Hikers on the Continental Divide Trail 1101 will need to access services in the Clark or Seedhouse areas using the Gold Creek Trail 1150 to the Slavonia Trailhead.
Three Island Cutover Trail 1163.1a, Three Island Lake Trail 1163, Trail 100 to South Fork Trail 1100.3a and Trail 1164 to North Lake will also be closed for the summer.
May 7, 2010—Gila National Forest prescribed burn on May 17th may close a section of the CDT south of NM59. The Forest Service encourages hikers to check with the Black Range Ranger District on the status of the Trail. The Ranger District phone number is (575) 894-6677.
April 12, 2010—The Silver City Ranger District of the Gila National Forest plans to resume fire operations on the Willow Prescribed Fire project the week of April 19th, if weather conditions remain favorable. The project is located 15 miles southwest of Silver City, NM, in the Burro Mountains and south of the Oak Grove subdivision. The project size is 3,275 acres. For more information about the Willow Prescribed Fire project, please contact the fire information officer at 575-538-1426 or visit the website at http://fs.usda.gov/gila .
May 2008 — Reminder to New Mexico CDT users
Please do not approach ranch homes for any reason. Frequent trespass by both hikers and illegal aliens have local ranchers and landowners in an aggravated state, and our BLM contacts advise us that further complaints from local landowners could lead to trail closures south of Lordsburg. Please use the information provided on the new BLM website to avoid trespassing on private property. The BLM is placing water cache boxes every 10-12 miles along the official route from the Southern Terminus to Lordsburg and plans to have these in place later this summer. While water cache boxes and other solutions are being put in place, caching water is the only way to safely make this hike. Contact the local BLM office at (575) 525-4300 for recommended locations. The BLM and CDTA are working to establish the groundwork for a CDNST-friendly trail community in Southern New Mexico and local landowners are key to these efforts. Please respect the rights of private property owners along the Trail.
May 2008 — Updated BLM CDNST Information Website
Forest Service Active Fire Resources