I'd be cautious about two things--first, you don't know who took down the barriers or why, or whether it was official. Second, there's been a move toward closing down unofficial trails. From your placement of the word "trailhead" in quotes, and the NPS placement of closure signs there, it sounds like this "trail" is one of those. Jeff ________________________________ From: geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu [geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] on behalf of Karen Webb [caros at xmission.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 12:28 AM To: Geyser Observation Reports Subject: [Geysers] Crater Hills Is the path to Crater Hills legal again? We've been interpreting the barriers across the "trailhead" to mean no but noticed in July that the barrier just in front of the trail had been taken down with people photographing the valley at the head of that first steep incline. Thanks! Karen Webb ________________________________ [Avast logo] <redir.aspx?REF=d1sXLGjGhDWHR4frqQeGzh7jbJ1mx_ztHUKoTZnYi5nqFzRRU7bTCAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5hdmFzdC5jb20vc2lnLWVtYWlsP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1saW5rJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zaWctZW1haWwmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9ZW1haWxjbGllbnQ.> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com<redir.aspx?REF=d1sXLGjGhDWHR4frqQeGzh7jbJ1mx_ztHUKoTZnYi5nqFzRRU7bTCAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5hdmFzdC5jb20vc2lnLWVtYWlsP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1saW5rJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zaWctZW1haWwmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9ZW1haWxjbGllbnQ.> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: </geyser-list/attachments/20160727/a01edc5d/attachment.html>