(March 1, 2010 – 1:10 p.m.) Due to snowpack, seasonal gate closures scheduled to open today on the Santa Catalina Ranger District, Coronado National Forest, will remain closed for public safety and natural resource protection. 

Gates will be reopened as conditions improve.

Gates affected are in the Santa Catalina Mountains and include Incinerator Ridge, Organization Ridge, Bigelow, Upper and Lower Bear Wallow, Marshall Gulch, Oracle Control, and the road above Ski Valley.

For more information call the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center at (520) 749-8700.

(Source: Coronado National Forest)