[From Sean R] - Kookipi remains closed. While the contractor is making special efforts to allow workers through the 3-4 km construction zone, this is by prior special arrangement. Over the next couple of weeks, blasting will be ongoing, and excavation for large culvert installs will be taking place. In addition to the gate (which is unfortunately being vandalized by members of the off-road community), there will be portions of road entirely missing. If you are making it over from East Harrison, be aware that you will be turned back at the site - and as a courtesy to the workers, please turn around at the 6700 landing rather than coming right into the active construction area.

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[From Andrew Enns] - I decided to drive up to the start of Kookipi, and to my amazement, the gate was wide open. I drove up as far as I could, which was just about halfway to the turnoff to the west fork of Kookipi Creek (second photo). If I had my Jeep, I could have presumably gone much further, but there were rocks on the road that would have taken me at least 30 minutes to move to get my car through, plus it was getting late. Was pretty neat to see all the work that has been done on the road - in some places the entire road had to be completely rebuilt and blasted into the hillside as the creek had washed huge sections away in the 2021 floods. I took some photos, but somehow they got corrupted. It was pretty smooth too, with no waterbars. We'll see how it holds up over the rest of the winter. No equipment that I could find anywhere - I'm guessing it's been pulled from the area for the winter. The road is apparently still closed and the blockade at the 6km mark is still presen