The Ridge Route, from State 138 to Templin Highway is now under a Forest Closure Order due to the Lake Fire, which is set to expire on December 31, 2020. As such, travel along the roadway and any activities along it are prohibited. Please take heed of this as the fines can be pretty steep.
For further information and specific details, please use the link below.
Lake Fire Forest Closure Order 05-01-20-06
It wasn’t on their website when I checked. I’ll modify the information on the site.
the link takes you to a different notice, the western part of the closed are is now open according to the map
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd780808.pdf
The order is still in effect and ends on Thursday, December 31. The roadway is still closed. There has been some sort of work going on up there as well lately.
Looks like they lifted the restrictions on the Ridge Route part of the forest.