Updated 06/12/2021
Check out the weather conditions before heading up to the Basin, see the "Rain, Wind, Reservoir & River Conditions" page.
REGISTRATION is free, and is REQUIRED to use any of the recreation sites. At all recreation areas on PUD property, please practice social distancing and follow state mask requirements.
OPEN: The South Shore Road and associated recreation sites, including access to the DNR Greider Lakes Trail are OPEN to vehicular traffic.
OPEN: Culmback Dam Road is OPEN to the Gateway Site. Pedestrian and bicycle access are OPEN across Culmback Dam. To protect the public and our essential workers, please maintain a distance of 20 feet from employees on site.
OPEN: Sultan River Canyon Trail is OPEN.
PARTIAL: The outer gate at 116th Street is open; however, the inner gate is closed to maintain social distancing for essential workers. Pedestrians may access the area inside of the outer gate, however, no access past the inner maintenance gate is allowed at this time.
PARTIAL: The Lake Chaplain Road and Diversion Dam Road areas are open Tuesday through Thursday, from 6am- 6pm, and will remain so as long as Snohomish County remains at or above Phase 3 of the Governors re-opening plan. There is no public vehicular access across the Sultan River in this area, thus it IS NOT an option to bypass traffic on highway 2.
We will reassess the situation and update this website as applicable.
For more details:
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Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1