Mary's Peak Road Reopened

rick · Sep 7, 2011

Was closed July-August for rebuilding some sections of road that were starting to slide down the mountain.
Now open again. :yes: :s0132:

:yes:

del_and_bones · Sep 8, 2011

YES!!!! This kinda feels like Christmas.

rick · Sep 17, 2011

Mary's Peak Road is closed again. There was no notice about this latest closure on the USDA/FS web site, so maybe it's an unexpected slide or emergency repair.

MechanicWithAGlock · Sep 17, 2011

nooooooooo i read the post thinking i could finally go up there again only to find its closed again at the bottom for the forum i need somewhere to shoot im getting ancy!

del_and_bones · Sep 17, 2011

An alternate route to get to the top was listed earlier today, but I can't seem to find it. It was on the Siuslaw National Forest's website. I'm gonna go check out a place I read about towards Eugene, it's actually closer to Albany than Mary's Peak.

rick · Sep 17, 2011

An alternate route to get to the top was listed earlier today, but I can't seem to find it ...

The alternate route is from Hwy 20 to Burnt Woods Road to West Mary's Peak Road (past Harlan) to GL Ridenour to NFD 30 to Mary's Peak Road (NFD 3010). Seems to take hours, but it'll get you there if you're not in a hurry and have a vehicle with good ground clearance. Personally, I'd rather poke my eye out with a sharp stick than have to go that route.

MechanicWithAGlock · Sep 18, 2011

del_and_bones said:
An alternate route to get to the top was listed earlier today, but I can't seem to find it. It was on the Siuslaw National Forest's website. I'm gonna go check out a place I read about towards Eugene, it's actually closer to Albany than Mary's Peak.

if the place towards eugene is anygood lemme know im always looking for a closers place to go shooting at

rick · Sep 19, 2011

According to the SNF office, Mary's Peak Road is supposed to reopen, again, by Sept. 23rd.

Hope it stays open this time! :s0013:

rick · Sep 22, 2011

Reopening has been delayed until Sept. 26th.

This is getting really old! :s0054:

MechanicWithAGlock · Oct 20, 2011

hey does anyone know when abouts that mary peak starts getting snow?

rick · Oct 23, 2011

hey does anyone know when abouts that mary peak starts getting snow?

It's different every year. OSU has a webcam looking at the peak if you want to check for snow before driving up. Link-> Mary's Peak Real-time Observatory

rick · May 6, 2012

May 6, 2012 - Update on Mary's Peak - Both gates on Mary's Peak Road are now open. Most of the road is clear of snow, but the last mile or so is still blocked by heavy snow, so there's no vehicle access to the viewpoint parking lot or the summit trailhead right now. The good news (for shooters) is that the road is clear past the gravel pit, and clear past the turnoff to NFD 30. The not so good news it that the popular shooting areas are already all littered up with stuff left by a few inconsiderate bozos, so please, when you shoot, clean up your stuff, so the general public doesn't get the idea that all shooters are inconsiderate bozos.