[pct-l] Fire near PCT and Glacier Peak Wilderness Causes Evacuation at Holden Village

[Tom Griffin]

Glad the list is back up and running.

There is a wildfire near Holden Village and the Glacier Peak Wilderness 
that could affect PCT hikers, especially those taking the detour around 
the east side of Glacier Peak in Washington state. The PCT itself is not 
closed. However, Holden Village is one way out of the Glacier Peak 
Wilderness that gets hikers to shores of Lake Chelan and a ferry that 
can take them to Stehekin. Some hikers might be considering this route 
as an alternative to the section of the PCT that is covered with 
deadfall along the Agnes Creeek section south of High Bridge. For the 
moment, it looks like this alternative is closed.

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 From the Seattle Times:

Holden Village, vacation cabins on Lake Chelan evacuated because of 
wildfire

— About 180 residents and vacationers in two remote communities along 
central Washington's Lake Chelan were ordered to evacuate today out of 
concern that a wildfire could block their only road access to the 
lakeshore. Hiking trails in the area also have been closed.

The Domke Lake Complex fire has burned about 1,700 acres near the 
communities of Holden Village and Lucerne on the upper part of Lake 
Chelan. Residents in the Holden Village Christian retreat and vacation 
cabins near Lucerne were ordered to evacuate by the Chelan County 
sheriff's office. It's feared the fire could block their only access 
road to the lakeshore and dock. Vacationers and residents were being 
bused from Holden Village to the dock at Lucerne, then going by boat to 
Chelan.

The popular vacation communities on Lake Chelan of Chelan, Manson and 
Stehekin are not directly affected by the fire and are encouraging 
visitors.

Updates about the wildfire are available at thefederal InciWeb site, 
http:/www.inciweb.org
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from the Domke Lake Fire News Release: 
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/news/article/914/5223/

TRAIL CLOSURES: Domke Mtn.Trail #1280.1, Domke Lake Trail #1280, Emerald 
Park Trail #1230, Mirror Lake Trail #1230.1, and Lower Railroad Creek 
Trail # 1240.

Trail closures set by the Forest Service will remain in affect. 
Additional trail closures leading into Holden Village are being considered.

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Tom "Bullfrog"Griffin
Seattle
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