Steens Mountain Loop Road is getting fixed

By Mindy Gould on Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories

HARNEY COUNTY(Released by Oregon BLM)-The 2023 rockfall area on the Steens Mountain Loop Road is getting fixed!

This week, a geotechnical repair crew will be stabilizing the fall area with several techniques, including rock scaling: controlled removal of loose and potentially unstable, disjointed rocks from the source. Since rock scaling could send dangerous boulders and other debris downslope and into Big Indian Canyon, Big Indian Trail is closed for the duration of the work.

Repairs could take several weeks. Immediately after, Big Indian Trail and the entire Loop Road will be open again for continuous travel – until the snow flies!

Thank you for following this temporary closure and keeping yourselves safe out there.

Keep up with the status of the Loop Road on OregonDot’s TripCheck website at tripcheck.com.