LAKE CUSHMAN, Wash. — Firefighters are continuing efforts to contain the Bear Gulch Fire in Olympic National Forest, where steep terrain and a critical dead-end road are complicating containment ...

MASON COUNTY, Wash. — Three trails, two recreation areas and one campground are closed in the Olympic National Forest (ONF) by a human-caused fire. The fire was reported Sunday, July 6, near the ...

The Bear Gulch Fire was reported on July 6 and has burned about 200 acres on a steep, rocky slope in Olympic National Forest, north of Lake Cushman and just outside the national park.

The fire – named the Bear Gulch Fire – is burning on a steep, rocky slope north of Lake Cushman and southeast of the Staircase area of Olympic National Park. The U.S. Forest Service said it ...