Recreation Update Logan Ranger District, 1500 East Highway 89, Logan, UT 84321 (435) 755-3620 Updated 05/18/12 Logan Canyon National Scenic Byway delays: none CAMPGROUNDS/PICNIC AREAS – Campgrounds are concessionaire operated under a Special-use Permit by American Land & Leisure (AL&L), home office is in Orem, Utah (801) 226-3564 or visit them at www.AmericanLL.com. The dates shown are tentative – contact AL&L. Site Name Fee $ Open Water Reserv Unit types Comments ? ? ations reservable LOGAN CANYON SCENIC BYWAY (HWY 89) Second Dam Day Use Area -- No No no services Bridger CG $15.00 Yes Yes No Spring Hollow CG - group $125 Yes Yes Yes Group Spring Hollow CG $17.00 Yes Yes Yes Single Spring Hollow CG $34.00 Yes Yes Yes Double Dewitt Picnic Area -- Yes No No Guinavah-Malibu CG – groups $125 Yes Yes Yes Group Group C (including A & B Amphitheater) inaccessible – bridge still out Guinavah-Malibu CG $17.00 Yes Yes Yes Single Guinavah-Malibu CG $34.00 Yes Yes Yes Double Card Picnic Area -- Yes No No No water Chokecherry Picnic Area -- Yes No No No water Preston Valley CG $15.00 Yes No No No water Lodge CG $15.00 Yes Yes No Wood Camp CG $15.00 Yes No No Lewis M. Turner CG $15.00 5/25 No No opening 5/25 with or without water Tony Grove CG $17.00 6/29 NO Yes Single no toilet or services - snowcovered Tony Grove CG $34.00 6/29 NO Yes Double no toilet or services - snowcovered Red Banks CG $15.00 5/25 No No opening 5/25 with or without water Sunrise CG $17.00 5/25 5/25 Yes Single opening 5/25 with or without water NORTH OF LOGAN CANYON Green Canyon CG -- No No No services Smithfield CG - group $40.00 Yes No No Group Smithfield CG $15.00 Yes No No High Creek CG -- No No No services Foot Bridge to the “Lions Grove” has been condemned & removed BLACKSMITH FORK CANYON Shenoah Picnic Area -- Yes Yes No Pioneer CG $15.00 Yes Yes No LEFT HAND FORK OF BLACKSMITH FORK Friendship CG - group $40.00 Yes No Yes Group no services Friendship CG $9.00 Yes No No no services Spring CG $9.00 Yes No No no services WELLSVILLE CANYON (HWY 89-91 Between Wellsville and Brigham City) Box Elder CG - group varies Yes Yes Yes Group Box Elder CG $17.00 Yes Yes Yes Single The Guinavah-Malibu Campground Bridge work began last fall. The old bridge has been removed and work began on it’s replacement this spring. Completion scheduled for late summer. There is no access to the Riverside Nature Trail or the Crimson Trail from the Guinavah-Malibu side. RECREATION RESERVATIONS Reservations for the group sites at Guinavah-Malibu CG (3 overnight areas), Spring Hollow (1 day use and 1 overnight), Box Elder CG (4 overnight areas) and Friendship CG (1 rustic overnight area) can be made by contacting the National Recreation Reservation System (NRRS) and are available up to 12 months in advance (877-444-6777 or on the Internet at www.recreation.gov). The reservation period for group areas is from the end of May through late-September. Group sites are by reservation only. Reservations for selected individual sites (single & double units) at Spring Hollow CG, Guinavah-Malibu CG, Tony Grove CG, Sunrise CG, and Box Elder CG can be made by calling the National Recreation Reservation Service at 1-877-444-6777 or on the Internet at www.Recreation.gov. These sites can be reserved up to 6 months in advance but no less than 5 days in advance. ROADS Our Winter Recreation Travel Map is still in effect. Our Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) for summer is available online under Maps & Publications at www.fs.usda.gov/uwcnf. You can also find the winter travel map online by scrolling down Maps & Publications to the miscellaneous maps link – it is shared with the Ogden Ranger District. Our seasonal gates are closed for road surface protection. The MVUM dates show the earliest date a road will open to motorized travel in the spring and the date a road will close in the fall. Please TREAD LIGHTLY and avoid traveling on roads when muddy. Road Name MVUM Dates Conditions ROADS NEAR LOGAN CANYON SCENIC BYWAY Logan Canyon Scenic Byway (Hwy 89) Paved – Card Canyon (FR 024) 04/15 - 12/01 Open to motorized travel when dry Right Hand Fork (FR 081) paved – Cowley Canyon - Herd Hollow (FR 047) 06/01 - 11/15 Gated - closed to motorized wheeled vehicles. Marie Springs (FR 147) 06/15 - 11/15 Gated - closed to motorized wheeled vehicles. (Adams Corral Road) Logan Peak via Gated - closed to motorized wheeled vehicles. White Bedground Spring (FR 052 & 168) 06/01 - 11/15 Temple Fork (FR 007) Gated - closed to motorized wheeled vehicles. 06/15 - 11/15 Long Hollow Road (FR 056) 06/15 - 11/15 Gated - closed to motorized wheeled vehicles. Twin Creek/Bubble Spring Road (FR 005) 06/15 - 11/15 Gated – closed to all motorized vehicles. West Hodges/Forestry Camp (FR 174) 06/01 - 11/15 Gated – closed to all motorized vehicles. Tony Grove Road (FR 003) Paved – Franklin Basin Road (FR 006) may be snowcovered up high Beaver Creek Road (FR 011) may be snowcovered up high Swan Flat Road (FR 014) may be snowcovered after couple miles Sinks (FR 055) snowcovered ROADS NORTH OF LOGAN CANYON 04/15 - 12/01 Open to motorized travel when dry for 1 mile. Green Canyon (FR 050) 06/01 - 11/15 Gated – closed to all motorized vehicles. Smithfield Canyon (FR 049) 04/15 - 12/01 Open to motorized travel when dry. 04/15 - 12/01 Open to motorized travel when dry for 1 mile. High Creek Canyon (FR 048) 06/01 - 11/15 Gated – closed to all motorized vehicles. ROADS SOUTH OF LOGAN CANYON CLOSED to motorized wheeled vehicles - Providence Canyon (FR 090) Impassable Millville Canyon (FR 168) extremely muddy then snowcovered Blacksmith Fork Road (SR 101) Paved – Left Hand Fork of Blacksmith 04/15 - 12/01 Open to motorized travel when dry (FR245/231) Pole Hollow/Mahogany (FR 150/254) 06/01 - 09/15 Gated – closed to all motorized vehicles. Dip Hollow (FR 056) 06/15 - 11/15 Gated – closed to motorized wheeled vehicles Temple Canyon (FR 008) muddy then snowcovered after couple miles Hells Hollow & Saddle Creek (FR 105) extremely muddy then snowcovered Maple Bench (FR 086) extremely muddy TRAILS Please follow your Leave No Trace skills. Not all trails are listed. Trail Conditions Card West (064) muddy then patchy snow up high Cherry Peak Trail (024) muddy then snowcovered up high Coldwater East Trail (038) muddy then snowcovered up high Crimson Trail (015) limited access via Spring Hollow The Guinavah- Malibu Campground Bridge has been removed (new bridge should be in by late summer). and the trail bridge in upper Spring Hollow has been condemned & removed (new bridge late fall). Options to access trail are: Brave the crossing by walking thru the water on the Spring Hollow side, take the Riverside Nature Trail from Spring Hollow CG to the junction with Crimson trail above the Guinavah-Malibu CG then up and come back the same way, or take the Mill Hollow trail out of Gus Lind Flat to the junction with the Spring Hollow Trail then down Spring Hollow to Crimson (above the bridge). Deep Canyon Trail (037) muddy then patchy snow up high Green Canyon Trail (000) muddy in places High Creek North Fork Trail (towards double top (002) muddy then snowcovered up high Jardine Juniper Trail (014) muddy in places but trees down across trail Left Hand Fork (pig trails) (021,022,121) muddy in places Limber Pine Nature Trail (004) snowcovered Logan Dry Trail (016) muddy then patchy snow up high Naomi Peak National Recreation Trail (005) from muddy then snowcovered up high High Creek Canyon to Green Canyon via Tony Grove Naomi Trail (136) from Naomi Peak NRT to the Peak snowcovered Richards Hollow Trail (019) wet & muddy then patchy snow up high Ricks Canyon (127) / Steel Hollow Trail (013) muddy then patchy snow up high River Trail (603) mostly dry Riverside Nature Trail (052) wet & muddy in places – limited access Bridge work/removal on the Guinavah- Malibu Campground Bridge (new bridge should be in by early summer). Access from Spring Hollow CG only Smithfield Canyon Trail (007) muddy then snowcovered up high Temple Fork Sawmill Trail (062) muddy in places and trees across trail in the hollow Tony Grove Nature Trail (604) snowcovered White Pine Lake Trail (out of Tony Grove) (025) snowcovered Willow Trail (056) muddy in places Wind Caves Trail (032) dry LOGAN CAVE The cave is gated closed. The cave was closed to the public on Oct. 1, 1997 to ensure the viability of a rare and special biological community of Townsend's Big-Eared Bats that is located in Logan Cave. The bats are particularly vulnerable to human disturbance during their periods of mating, hibernation, and maternity colony, which runs from about October to August each year. The Big-Eared Bat is listed as a sensitive species by both the Forest Service and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. To aid with protecting this species during their vulnerable period, it is prohibited to go into or within 250 feet of the mouth of Logan Cave. LAKES & STREAMS – Blacksmith Fork River – Logan River - special fishing restrictions above the Card Canyon Bridge (check fishing proclamation) – Tony Grove Lake – frozen and under snow LOGAN AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER - Call 1-888-999-4019 for backcountry avalanche and mountain weather information or visit their web page at www.utahavalanchecenter.org.