[pct-l] New fire rings

[Gary Schenk]

On 5/19/2010 5:05 PM, Eugene Leafty wrote:
> I don't even want to know about where they're restricted, just tell me where
> I'm allowed to have them.

Oregon and Washington. Maybe.

No new fire rings in California. No fires in the Southern California 
forests outside of developed campgrounds.

No new fire rings in the California national parks and wilderness areas. 
No fires above 9000' is a good rule of thumb.

No fires at all in California is an even better idea. If you use an 
alcohol stove, know how to use it, and how to control it, and how to 
prevent it from incinerating a national forest and its inhabitants.

I've been backpacking in the Sierra since the '80s and have had perhaps 
two campfires. Both were in existing fire rings and under the elevation 
restrictions. Both fires were unnecessary, and I would today only have a 
fire in an emergency situation.

Gary