[pct-l] LNF Slinkard Incident Lightning Fire SouthEast of Seiad Valley

[mattjolley at comcast.net]

  Slinkard Incident  Lightning Fire  SouthEast of Seiad Valley  100 acres reported August 18

 Exact location not yet reported,  but
 Slinkard Peak and Slinkard Ridge are 1 to 2.5 miles East of the PCT.
 Bear Peak is between the PCT  and Slinkard Ridge.
http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php?trail=pct&lat=41.785137&lon=-123.147469&zoom=12&vw=0&stMark=4

http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/situation/fireinfosummary.htm
Fire is active on all flanks, multiple snags, high potential for growth due to dry fuels and steep topography, rolling material, smoke inversion limits aircraft use. active at night, spreading on all flanks, rolling out and making runs, torching, moderate rate of spread. Unable to keep up with growth of fire with resources, crews pulling back due to falling snags. Able to borrow some resources from nearby incidents but they have been reducing their resources and do not have many to loan. The fuels are extremely dry and terrain steep. Trees are torching, snags are falling, multiple roll-outs make containment difficult.