[pct-l] Northern CA smoke / Etna Summit roadwalk details - Please

[mattjolley at comcast.net]

PCT is still open in the Trinity Alps Wilderness,  although the reports are that it is smokey.

The inciweb.org site for the Bear Wallow fire was corrected to specify the Trinity Alps Wilderness closure was only for parts of the Salmon Ranger Disctrict, not the entire Klamath National Forest
as it originally stated.

Matt


pita wrote.
Hello from the Etna Library...

Arrived in NorCal Tuesday afternoon/evening - VERY SMOKY...  Stopped by Castle Crags/Amaratti's and gave a lift to 4 thrus to Mt. Shasta - couldn't see the mountain at all!
Much smoke from the Caribou Fire (1 of 2 in the Bear Wallow Complex) which 'blew up' late Monday and through Tuesday...
The Anthony Milne Fire (2 of 2 in Bear Wallow Complex) still burning but not expanding much - however it is only being monitored - so the PCT remains CLOSED from Etna Summit to Marble Valley...

As of 7/23/08 reports, the Milne was at 1625 acres while the Caribou was 4807 acres (and by the smoke the Caribou is still growing)...
Also as of 7/23 the Trinity Alps Wilderness area that is in Klamath NF is closed - but there was no posting at the Trail Gulch or Long Gulch trailheads late 7/24...
The PCT does go through part of that area - i.e., ~South Fork Lakes basin to Carter Meadows Summit...

I will next be going to the NE corner of the Marble Mountains WA - Boulder Creek trailhead (might be giving 2 thrus a ride to Lovers Camp IF new shoes arrive in the mail today)...

I'm printing out directions given previously, <http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/2008-July/019143.html>, for Etna to Lovers Camp and will leave them at Alderbrook B&B in the Hikers Hut...

Best wishes and good luck to everyone in this very smoky area of NorCal...  Wish you could SEE this area!!
Happy trails!!!
Jim / "PITA"