Updated 4:56 p.m.

People seeking winter vistas of the north Oregon coast will need to look elsewhere.

Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach is closed indefinitely south of the Indian Beach day-use area, after a nearly 100-foot section of the Crescent Beach trail slid over the cliff, damaged the entrance road and disconnected the park’s main waterline over the weekend, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced Monday.

The affected section of road is an old repair made of compacted gravel, damaged as the hillside beneath the road gave way. That same landslide also cut off all running water in the park.

Visitors at Ecola on Sunday were all escorted out safely, officials said.

The state parks department said visitors can still access the park’s Indian Beach day-use area via the Tillamook Head Trail but can’t travel farther south into the park.

It’s not the first time that landslides have closed the park.

Back in April, 2017, the parks department closed Ecola for several days after a landslide damaged the entrance road. After spending around $10,000 on the road repair, the department announced that intermittent closures would affect the park all spring, as the danger of landslides persisted.

Right now, there’s no estimate of when the park might reopen to the public.

“We’re still evaluating the extent of the road damage and forming a plan for repairs,” park manager Ben Cox said in a news release. “The land may continue to slide too, so we’re being cautious.”

--Jamie Hale | jhale@oregonian.com | @HaleJamesB