SANDPOINT & BONNERS FERRY AREA GROOMER REPORT

East Bonner County Area 9B & Boundary County Area 11

LAST UPDATED: March 13, 2010

COMMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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Caribou Closures in the Selkirk Mountains are temporary while the USFS Selkirk Mountains Winter Travel Planning Process is completed.  IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE CLOSURE BOUNDARIES - DON'T GO!  Get the maps at USFS offices or USFS website at www.fs.fed.us/ipnf/ 

TRESTLE CREEK & LIGHTNING CREEK:

Trestle Creek (13.2 Miles):     March 13                                            The expanded parking lot is in.

Lunch Peak (3.9 Miles):     March 13

Lightning Creek (14.9 Miles):     February 27                                         The bridge at East Fork is in.

Rattle Creek (13.4 Miles):     None                                                       Road Obliverated by Forest Service

PACK RIVER: Stay out of the Caribou Lawsuit Closure Areas

Pack River (16.2 Miles):     February 10

Jeru Loop (11.7 Miles):     February 11 (portion)

McCormick Ridge (2.9 Miles):    

Pearson Basin/Dodge Peak (8.9 Miles):     February 10

ROMAN NOSE: Stay out of the Caribou Lawsuit Closure Areas

Fall Creek (12.2. Miles):     January 19                                                Logging in area until Mid-January

Ruby Creek (8.0 Miles):     Bridge out for replacement

Snow Creek (16.5 Miles):     February 10

Roman Nose Lakes (1.5 Miles):     February 10

HIGH DRIVE (JOHNSON, TWIN, & DRY): connects to Kootenai County Grooming

Johnson Creek (8.7 Miles):     January 26

Johnson Saddle (8.4 Miles):    January 26

Twin Creek/Ruen (11.3 Miles):

Dry Creek (7.7 Miles):   January 26

Buckskin (4.9 Miles):   January 26

Mosquito Flat (9.7 Miles):   January 26

CANUCK BASIN:

Deer Creek (18.8 Miles):     January 20

Canuck Pass/Dougals Loop (6 miles):    January 20

Copper Creek (25.7 Miles):

SMITH CREEK: Stay out of the Caribou Lawsuit Closure Areas

Smith Creek (11 Miles):     Grooming unlikely until USFS Selkirk Winter Travel Plan Update completed.  Open areas are very few and most everything is closed.  STAY OUT OF THE CLOSURES.  You don't want to ruin it for the future!