FLOOD RECOVERY,

USDA Forest Service CUSTER GALLATIN N.F.

Custer Gallatin National Forest

August 4, 2022 -UPDATES OCCURING EVERY OTHER WEEK-

Info Phone Line: 406-570-5526 The Forest is quickly working thru procurement and contracting,

Web: www.fs.usda.gov/custergallatin with several contracts in development and some close to being

Custer Gallatin National Forest awarded for flooding repair work. The $5.7 million in quick-

release funding is focused on main ingress/egress routes for Mill,

Flood Background: East Rosebud, West Rosebud, West Fork of Rock Creek and Main

Fork of Rock Creek. Over August and September, the Custer

Location: Absaroka-Beartooth Range across

Beartooth, Yellowstone & Gardiner R.D.'s. Gallatin will be conducting detailed damage reports for nearly

130 sites in order to seek additional funding for the extensive

Flood Dates: June 11-13, 2022 damages not just to the transportation system, but to recreational

Rain on snow event began on June 11. Impacts

trails, facilities and infrastructure.
from this event became known that evening and

throughout the day on June 12 with the full extent

STATS TO DATE
of damage in Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, &

Carbon counties more fully understood on June 13 . Approximately 130 sites in the process of detailed inventory

seeking additional funding.

Some of our own Custer Gallatin outfitters and guides are

being hosted elsewhere on the Forest.

Additionally sixteen NPS, BLM and/or FWP displaced outfitters

and guides are being hosted through emergency

determination or temp permits on portions of the Forest for the

remainder of the 2022 permit summer season.

Numerous personnel assisting in flood related efforts since

June events.

CLOSURE UPDATES

Districts OPEN with select site closures due to damage.

Beartooth Roads Closed to motorized-use include: Glacier

Lake Road (#2421), Hellroaring (#2004), the OHV Trail in Main

Fork Rock Creek, West Fork Rock Creek beyond Basin

ABOVE: Limber Pine Bridge off Glacier Lake Road. Closed for season.
BELOW: Wyoming Creek with Debris Flow and continuous water
campground, East Rosebud Road beyond Jimmy Joe

flowing over roadway, outside of Greenough Campground. Photos

Campground (CG open), West Rosebud Road beyond West

Courtesy of B. Chapman, Beartooth R.D., CGNF, USDA Forest Service

Rosebud Lake. Mystic Lake hike would be one additional mile.

Stillwater Road (#2400) remains closed (Woodbine, West Fork too).

Yellowstone & Gardiner Roads Closed to motorized use include:
Main Mill at Passage Falls, West Mill (on NFS lands), Main Boulder

(at Copper Creek) and recreation sites: Hicks, Chippy Park, Lower

Fourmile closed. Snowbank-closed for season bridge washout, Six

Mile above Gold Prize closed. Bear Creek bridge (N. of Jardine),

Woody Creek Rd (Cooke City) closed.

Beartooth, 406-446-2103 Gardiner, 406-848-7375

Yellowstone, 406-222-1892
**Beaten Path - NOT ADVISABLE - Extensive damage East Rosebud

past Jimmy Joe, high-water crossings, trail washed out,

PLEASE DON'T COMPROMISE YOUR SAFETY.