LEAVENWORTH-A landslide that swept trees, boulders and mud down a slope has made the Icicle Creek
Road, or Forest Service Road 76, impassable, according to Okanogan-Wenatchee N.F. managers. The
Icicle Creek Road winds south and west of Leavenworth, and ends at the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area
boundary on the national forest's Wenatchee River Ranger District. On Thursday, Forest Service
managers discovered the landslide, which is located just east of the Eight Mile Campground. Some
permanent residents live west of the campground and where the landslide has made the road
impassable. Forest Service hydrologists and engineers will assess the road damage on Friday. They
are uncertain when the road will be reopened.

they fixed the road Edit

Access to this run is currently unavailable due to a land slide and the road is closed at Ida Creek
campground. A drastic change in weather patterns created rapid snow melt, triggering a massive snow
and debris slide that closed roads and campgrounds in the upper Icicle Valley this past weekend.
The debris slide carried trees, mud and huge boulders into Icicle Creek, effectively pushing the
already flood swollen waters over the main Icicle Road (FS Road #7600), approximately 15 miles
southwest of Leavenworth, WA. Updates on the road and campground status will be posted on the
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Recreation website: www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee or by calling the
Wenatchee River Ranger District at 509-548-6977.