Trail Alerts

9-22-25 Trail Closure thru 9-26-25 -Ennis Creek Trailhead (just west of Rayonier Access Road) and Morse Creek Trailhead (Four Seasons Ranch).

8-28-25 Closure- Sept 11th of Gossett Road to Waterline Road

Early warning, 11 September, Washington State DNR will close the Gossett Road to Waterline Road section of the Olympic Discovery Trail for a timber harvest. We will post more when know how long the section will be closed or any other details.

8-26-25 Short Notice – Olympic Adventure Trail – MP 11 -Bear Creek Bridge replacement

Short notice for equestrians on the Olympic Adventure Trail. The Bear creek bridge(s) replacement will close this section of the OAT (mile 11~mile 11.75) to equestrians and other stock starting on Wednesday, 27Aug. Hope to have the bridges restored by 30Sept. There is not a safe stock crossing with the bridge(s) removed for rebuild. We’ll let everyone know when a safe crossing for equestrians is available again. There is enough room at the closure points to turn stock around.

Trail runners, hikers and mountain bikers will have a temporary crossing point, but cyclists should plan to dismount to cross safely.

Olympic Adventure Trail – July 24th – LOGGING Closure!

7-24-25 OAT Trail Closure ~ MP11

Beginning Thursday July 24, 2025, the OAT will be closed at MP 11 for timber harvest activities by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources for an unknown duration.

DNR is working with the contractor to minimize disruptions to the GOAT Run on September 06, 2025, but cannot provide any guarantees.

We will provide more information as it becomes available. Please follow all signage in the field for the safety of yourself as well as forest workers.

6-25 to 7-3 Transmission pole replacement in Sequim

Construction begins today on the Transmission pole replacement project along Washington Street in Sequim.   

The contractor doing the work is NW Utilities.   They will be placing “Trail Closed Ahead” signage as requested at the locations identified in the attached email.  As has been previously discussed, NW Utilities will be closing the trail for construction during the following times:

• June 25;  7am-6pm
• June 26: 7am-6pm
• June 30:  7am-6pm
• July 1, 7am – July 2, 6am
• July 2 Midnight -July 3, 6am

Starting June 16th, a contractor (NW Utility Services) will be working for Clallam PUD to replace Transmission poles along Washington street from Simdars Rd. to S. Brown road.  This work will impact trail access to the ODT from Simdars to Rhodefer roads.

To perform this work we will be shutting down the North side of Washington street, and diverting traffic into the center turn lane, in order to provide access for the Line crews and their vehicles to work.  With this setup, there really is no way to safely divert pedestrian traffic around the work zone.  Additionally, allowing any kind of access through the work zone on the trail is not safe for pedestrians below nor for the line crews working near energized lines overhead, and would also cause delays in construction.

Due to this, Clallam PUD would likely be shutting down ODT trail access between Simdars and Rhodefer while we are working on the project.   

(11) poles on this project lie along the ODT.   Crews will require multiple set-ups (meaning multiple trips to each pole location) to complete their work.  Therefore it would be best if we could shut this section of the trail down for any days that we will be working on those (11) poles.

Ben Phillips
Engineer III
PUD #1 of Clallam County
PO Box 1000
Carlsborg, WA  98324
P: 360-565-3267
C: 360-775-9507