[pct-l] Marble Mtns Wilderness PCT section closed due to fire

[Suzannah Swinehart]

Okay, did anyone else notice the U with the dots (umlaut?) above the scale in that map? It looks 
like a giant smiley face, an odd thing to put on a closure map. It's like the FS is giving hikers a 
thumbs up while telling us "By the way, we've just doubled your hike for this area! Have fun on the 
roadwalk!" 
 
Don't get me wrong; I totally understand and support the need for safety and closures...it's just 
funny that there would be a big happy face to go along with it.

A little random humor from the sunny (and finally cool!) Willamette Valley...

-Chipmunk


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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:37:30 +0000
From: enyapjr at comcast.net
Subject: [pct-l] Marble Mtns Wilderness PCT section closed due to fire
To: pct-l at backcountry.net (pct-l)
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Klamath NF news release gives a little more info regarding the Bear Wallow Complex (the Milne fire 
is the threat to the PCT, as the news release notes it is "within 3 miles" of the PCT):
 
<http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/klamath/news/2008/07/fire-alert.shtml>
 
Also a map of the closed "area" (I do find it 'odd' that they only 'closed' the PCT and not that 
general "area" of the wilderness near the fire!):
 
<http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/klamath/conditions/closure-maps/closure0805660.pdf>
 
According to the daily morning report, <http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf>, the Bear Wallow 
Complex, 2 fires (Milne and Caribou) is up to 1670 acres, but is NOT yet mentioned on the InciWeb 
site to date...
 
Jim / "PITA"
 
 
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