Byway News

Due to dry and hot conditions, campfires are prohibited across the Mt. Hood National Forest, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and Forest Service lands on the [...]

March 25, 2021 - The Recreate Responsibly Coalition is spreading awareness of potentially dangerous conditions during the transition between winter and spring. As the weather [...]

Visitors urged to buy permits online and recreate responsibly OLYMPIA – Oct. 8, 2020 – The Washington State Parks Winter Recreation Program reminds winter recreation [...]

Report date: September 21, 2020   Lewis County Division of Emergency Services reports: Over the weekend, the Cold Creek Wildland Fire grew to 616 acres; however [...]

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Closes Area and Issues Forest-Wide Campfire Ban for Fire Safety Release Date: September 9, 2020 The Pacific Northwest remains under the [...]

The trail leading to the historic High Rock Lookout will be closed from August 19th to August 22nd. The closure is part of the ongoing restoration work [...]

Vancouver, WA– As August approaches, many in the Northwest look forward to collecting huckleberries and other wild berries on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Forest [...]

Mount Rainier National Park, WA – Mount Rainier National Park reopened the Nisqually to Paradise Road in the park’s southwestern corner late in the day on Friday June 5th, [...]

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest is announcing the reopening of developed day-use and trailhead sites to recreational users. Beginning Friday May 15, 2020, most trailheads [...]

Forty years ago on the morning of May 18, 1980, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake triggered the collapse of the summit and north flank of Mount [...]