Barclay Lake
Central Cascades
As of May 4th, 2026, the road to Barclay Lake is reported as "quite freshly graded" and easily passable for most vehicles, with no potholes noted on that date. The trail itself is undergoing cleanup from numerous downed trees. While some reports from April indicated "Blowdown Central" and difficulty for families, a report on May 4th states that Forest Service crews are actively clearing logs, with the trail expected to be clear by May 5th.
The main obstacle is the footbridge over Barclay Creek. Reports from April 10th and 11th described it as "scary-looking," "rickety," and "badly damaged." A notice posted on May 4th indicated the bridge was scheduled for demolition on May 5th, with an unknown replacement date, suggesting wading or rock hopping may be necessary. No snow or mosquitoes were reported as of May 4th.
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Conditions at a Glance
Trail
Obstacles on trail: Trees down across trail, Mud/Rock slide or washout.
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Snow
Snow free
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Road
Road impassable/closed
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Bugs
No bugs
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Did an afternoon hike to Barclay Lake, and found the road to be quite freshly graded with no pot holes, and very easy for my Toyota Camry. On the way up the road we passed the Forest Service crew comi...
Hiked halfway to the lake today before turning around due to many downed trees being too much for my double pack of small kids. But worry not dear reader! For on our return we passed the inbound chain...
The road to the trailhead was a little rough. We engaged our 4x4 but probably was overkill. When we got to the trailhead at around 10:30am on Sunday, the parking lot had a handful of cars but wasn’t t...
FS 6024 is now passable all the way to the trailhead. I arrived there at 8:45am and saw two cars already parked there. It was raining lightly but a fleece jacket mostly sufficed. However I did have so...
Would like to try this again in a month or so. We scaled or spider-walked under at least 25 blown-down trees - didn't include the ones that were easily stepped over - which slowed our progress signifi...
It was my first overnighter on the West Coast so I opted to do something easier. That being said there were MANY blowdowns but to be honest that just made it more fun (for me at least). In its curre...
I did a scouting mission this AM and wanted to give an update on access to the trail. Forest Road 6024 is still technically closed, but USFS is working on restoring access. The two major road issues, ...
This morning I decided to see if I could get past the reported obstacles and reach the trailhead on foot. Short answer: I couldn't. Details to follow...There are large ruts from water runoff at the ve...
Hey all. Went to hike Barclay lake today Jan 10 2026. The road is impassable to vehicles. I’m sad for this as it’s a great winter hike. It’s going to take some heavy equipment to repair the road.
あたしはクランベリーちゃん、グラップリングフックの少女の子です。土砂崩れが発生し、道路が被害を受けています。道路は甚大な損傷を受けており、通行は非常に危険です。絶対に車で通行しないでください！道路はまだ不安定な状態であり、通行することでさらなる被害が発生したり、新たな土砂崩れを引き起こす可能性があります。たとえ徒歩で損傷箇所を迂回しようとしても、道路を覆う大規模な土砂崩れがあり、そこを横断するのは...
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