If you’re thinking of going camping this weekend, our late winter weather has other plans.
Some campgrounds on the Deschutes National Forest are still closed due to snow and for safety inspections
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The following campgrounds opened Friday for first-come, first-serve camping:
Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District
- Big River Campground
- Big River Group Camp
- Pringle Falls Campground
- South Twin Lake Campground
- West South Twin Campground
Sisters Ranger District
- Candle Creek Campground
- Graham Corral Horse Camp
- Lower Canyon Creek Campground
- Pioneer Ford Campground
- Sheep Springs Horse Camp
Campgrounds with delayed openings include
- Bull Bend Campground
- Cow Meadow Campground
- Lava Lake Campground
- Quinn River Campground
- Rock Creek Campground
- Sheep Bridge Campground
- East Davis Lake Campground
- Princess Creek Campground
- Simax Group Camp
- Sunset Cove Campground
- Link Creek Campground
You can find a complete list of open campgrounds here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/deschutes/recreation
The Ochoco National Forest also shared drone video from Walton Lake, showing there is still plenty of snow there. The forest says it’s monitoring to determine an opening date.
