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Rock slide closes road to popular Oregon hot springs

U.S. Forest Service officials say a rock slide containing about 800 dump trucks of boulders and rocks will keep a road to Terwilliger Hot Springs closed indefinitely.
Rock slide blocking Oregon Route 126

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials say a rock slide containing about 800 dump trucks of boulders and rocks will keep a road to a popular wintertime hot springs closed indefinitely.

Shane Kamrath of the Willamette National Forest tells The Register-Guard in a story on Saturday that that the area is still unstable and more debris could fall onto Aufderheide Drive.

The landslide occurred on Dec. 21.

Terwilliger Hot Springs is about 7 miles from Oregon Route 126.

Officials say other routes to the hot springs near Cougar lake are blocked by snow or construction.

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