{"id":2941,"date":"2024-06-15T14:18:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2024-08-07T14:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T14:18:49","slug":"klamath-national-forest-opens-kangaroo-lake-campground-in-siskiyou-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/klamath-national-forest-opens-kangaroo-lake-campground-in-siskiyou-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Klamath National Forest Opens Kangaroo Lake Campground in Siskiyou, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/discoversiskiyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sign-for-Kangaroo-Lake-at-main-road.jpg\" width=\"353\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Klamath National Forest crews have been busy working on campgrounds that needed work before opening. Kangaroo Lake Campground and Day Use Area will open this weekend with other sites still needing work before opening.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The forest is grateful for the cleanup assistance from the Backcountry Horsemen of California Top of the State Unit, Shasta-Trinity Unit and Redwood Unit around Carter Group and Hidden Horse campgrounds. These valuable partners also have three other volunteer events planned to help out on the Pacific Crest Trail north from Carter Summit and cleaning up after the falling operations at Big Flat. The forest also extends a thank you to CAL FIRE\u2019s Deadwood crew for removing accumulated fuels on the ground at Kangaroo Lake. Forest recreation crews also had help from the forest\u2019s fire and timber crews.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Here is a list of campground updates;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Kangaroo Lake Campground and Day Use Area<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">: Both sites [opened] Friday, June 14<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">th<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> with non-potable water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Carter Meadows Group Site<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">: In progress to open next weekend (June 21) with non-potable water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hidden Horse Campground<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">: In progress to open next weekend (June 21) with non-potable water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mt. Ashland Campground and Day Use Area<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">: In progress to open within the next week or two.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Big Flat Campground and Trailhead<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/em><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">: The Shasta-Trinity and Klamath national forests\u2019 wilderness programs have dealt with most of the snags on the ground, and they have clean-up events with the Backcountry Horsemen in the planning stage for later in June and mid-July.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Crews estimate that we are at least a month out from having the campground and trailhead in good working order, though most of the hazards have been mitigated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">For information and current updates about the Klamath National Forest\u2019s campsites, trailheads, and day use areas, please visit <\/span><\/span><u><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recmain\/klamath\/recreation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">www.fs.usda.gov\/recmain\/klamath\/recreation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b><\/u><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">, email <\/span><\/span><u><b><a href=\"mailto:sm.fs.klamathinfo@usda.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">sm.fs.klamathinfo@usda.gov<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b><\/u><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">, or call 530-842-6131.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Please <\/span><\/span><u><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreateresponsibly.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">recreate responsibly<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b><\/u><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> and <\/span><\/span><u><b><a href=\"https:\/\/lnt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Leave No Trace<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b><\/u><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u><b><a href=\"https:\/\/kymkemp.com\/2024\/06\/15\/klamath-national-forest-opens-kangaroo-lake-campground-others-in-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Klamath National Forest crews have been busy working on campgrounds that needed work before opening. Kangaroo Lake Campground and Day Use Area will open this weekend with other sites still needing work before opening. The forest is grateful for the cleanup assistance from the Backcountry Horsemen of California Top of the State Unit, Shasta-Trinity Unit and Redwood Unit around Carter Group and Hidden Horse campgrounds. These valuable partners also have three other volunteer events planned to help out on the Pacific Crest Trail north from Carter Summit and cleaning up&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2945,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2941\/revisions\/2945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}