[pct-l] Station Fire -- PCT Closure

[dsaufley]

Yes, you are correct.  Everything is closed Angeles Forest Hwy, Angeles
Crest Hwy, Aliso Canyon Road, Soledad Canyon Road from the Soledad exit off
the 14 in Santa Clarita to where it ends at the 14 in Acton are all closed.
Acton is bracing for the fire's approach.  

Todd from North Fork Ranger Station was evacuated last night, and is here at
Hiker Heaven, along with his dog "Wolf."  He's just received word that the
fire burned through the station last night, and burned the under layer, but
so far all of the structures -- the ranger station and two houses -- are
unharmed.  The hazard hasn't over entirely yet, but the outcome is much more
optimistic than it was last night. They won't let Todd back into the station
until Wednesday. 

It appears that a large stretch of the PCT, through stands of old growth
forest, will be destroyed in this fire.  

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: AsABat [mailto:AsABat at 4Jeffrey.Net] 
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:42 AM
To: dsaufley at sprynet.com; pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Station Fire -- PCT Closure

I saw a report on another board that they are evacuating Soledad Canyon
between Agua Dulce and Indian Canyon (which is where the PCT meets
Soledad Canyon). I haven't been able to confirm this. Nothing on PCTA
website but I would consider Section D closed from Agua Dulce at least
as far east (trail south) as Three Points.

AsABat


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dsaufley [mailto:dsaufley at sprynet.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 6:52 PM
> To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
> Cc: Zuliebear at aol.com
> Subject: [pct-l] Station Fire -- PCT Closure
> 
> While I haven't yet seen anything on www.inciweb.org , I saw
first-hand
> that
> the Station Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has reached
the
> PCT.
> At approximately 5:00 p.m., the fire was on the flanks of Mt. Gleason,
and
> under a quarter mile from the North Fork Ranger Station.   Per Todd,
the
> volunteer manning the ranger station, the fire is expected to reach
> Messenger Flats and firefighters believe it may go all the way to the
> Antelope Valley.  I could not see, nor does the InciWeb site show,
what
> the
> scope of the fire is and how broad the fire line, and therefore it is
> difficult to see how much of the trail may be affected in Section D.
> 
> 
> 
> L-Rod
>