I just received this via email from the NPS.
Olympic National Park News Release
May 9, 2008
For Immediate Release
Barb Maynes 360-565-3005
Upper Queets Valley Reopens Via Alternative Route
Access into the upper Queets Valley will reopen this afternoon, Friday May
9, via U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Washington Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) roads.
The lower Queets Valley is still accessible via the Queets Road, which
leads approximately six miles to Matheny Creek. The Queets Valley above
Matheny Creek is accessible via the alternative route. Both access routes
are clearly marked at their intersections with Highway 101.
The Queets Road closed to traffic in March 2005, when a rock slide undercut
the road bed, rendering it unsafe for vehicles. In January 2006, an even
larger slide at the same site completely wiped out 150 feet of the road,
leaving a 200-foot deep chasm and closing the area to pedestrian traffic as
well.
An environmental assessment, completed in spring 2007, examined the effects
of establishing an alternative route using existing USFS and DNR roads.
Over the past year, park crews have made a number of improvements to the
alternative access route, including installing a bridge, installing signs,
and clearing, grading and resurfacing the roads.
Although slowed by the past two winter's severe storm damage, these repairs
are now complete and access is restored to the upper Queets Valley.
The Queets Campground will re-open on May 16.
-NPS-
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