Crater Lake National Park north entrance to close for a week so crews can prepare control lines for nearby 4,700-acre wildfire

CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The North Entrance to Crater Lake National Park will be closed for about a week, beginning Tuesday, so firefighters on the 4,700-acre Middle Fork Fire to prepare control lines along the North Entrance Road, park officials said Sunday.

Fire crews will reduce fuels along the north-south route, creating a defensible zone to keep the Middle Fork Fire from threatening park infrastructure and progressing further east. The North Entrance Road will be closed from North Junction to the park boundary at the junction with Highway 138. 

"This closure is necessary to ensure the safety of fire crews and the public and is expected to last approximately seven days. All other park roads will remain open, except for construction closures on East Rim Drive.

Crater Lake National Park remains open and is accessible from Highway 62 on the western and southern routes. But officials said to expect longer lines to access the park due to all traffic coming through one entrance station.

For current information about what is open, visit the park’s current conditions page: Current Conditions - Crater Lake National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) Go to tripcheck.com for the latest road conditions and closures.