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Gila's Chloride Canyon road damaged by flash flood
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The U.S. Forest Service has marked the popular Chloride Canyon four-wheel-drive route in the Gila National Forest as “use at your own risk.”
Flash flooding from monsoon rains resulted in washouts on Forest Road 226, or Chloride Canyon Road, according to a press release from the Black Range Ranger District of the Gila National Forest.
No closure is in effect, but visitors are advised to use the road at their own risk, the Forest Service said July 21.
“Steep drop-offs at each of the road’s frequent creek crossings are an entrapment hazard for passenger vehicles and some trucks,” the release said. “If you go, travel by non-motorized means or off-highway vehicle is recommended.”
“This route is full of mining history,” according to onX offroad. “The canyon road crosses Chloride Creek more than 100 times, and depths will change due to snow melt.”
It also crosses the Continental Divide three times.
See more information on flash flood precautions at the Gila forest safety page, fs.usda.gov/r03/gila/safety-ethics/flash-flooding.
