[pct-l] Trail Closed at Belden

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

Yea, I was planning on Donner Pass to CA-36 beginning about 20 June (leave  
car at Heitman's), then jump to Etna Summit to Seiad Valley (leave car at  
Harrison's). I'm not coming back a third year to complete those fire 
closures!  I'll walk around somehow; I wanted to hike the trail, not roads, so I 
skipped  them last year. Hopefully the maintenance folks will resolve the  
Belden downed trees in the next 45 days; otherwise the FS will have the  whole 
pack on their hands again.  
 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...
Naturalized Citizen - Republic  of Texas  
 
In a message dated 5/14/2009 9:13:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
AsABat at 4Jeffrey.Net writes:

Good  question. I know a lot of hikers plan on picking up last year's
100-mile  fire closure, and this sure puts a damper on those plans
(including  mine!).

What's he's talking about: On the PCTA Trail Conditions  page:

5/12/2009 
The PCT is closed from Belden, Hwy 70 crossing,  north for approximately
5 miles to the Plumas--Lassen National Forest  boundaries due to last
year's fires, extensive blow down and poor trail  conditions. 

All I found on the Plumas NF website was a closure order  from August
saying the trail was closed until the fire was "suppressed,"  with that
orders still "in  effect."
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/plumas/forest_orders/orders/08/10_08_forest_orde
r_pct.pdf


AsABat

>  Does anyone know how long the trail north out of Belden is going to be
>  closed and has an alternate rout been  established.

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