The campground anly getting closed for the Season. When its very called in there which is making the place to be not safe for peoples and horses, as you know there is a hors rides available when its open, and also form the wiled fires that had to destroy the area. Now its getting recoverd, and baing closed is for that right now is more important. The road to there is never closed. When y I u driving to the Forest Service Renger Station, before two memorial crests, htere is a rod going down on left. That one will brings you to the lighning campground, asa well as Massengers campground. The gate only closed from the beginning of the Lightning campground.