[pct-l] HYOH- campfires

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I witnessed still-smoldering campfires north of Belden, too. I hiked  
through there in 2009 and 2010. In 2009 I was a month ahead of most  
thru-hikers. In 2010 I was within the herd. I am not sure the  
campfires in that area were left by thru-hikers, but it certainly  
seems to be a problem in that section of the trail.

On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> Here are two examples of poorly handled PCT fire pits:
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=650508
>
> This photo was taken in 2010.  The fire was next to Chips Creek  
> about half
> way out of the canyon north of Belden Town in the area that had  
> been closed
> due to the big ?08 wildland fire.  This fire had been abandoned, and
> sometime later it crept out of its fire ring and burned the black  
> area of
> adjacent duff on the ground.  Fortunately it died before it could  
> spread
> further.
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=650507
>
> This fire pit was about a day north of Belden.  It had been abandoned,
> untouched, and allowed to go out.  The ashes in the pit were totally
> pristine and untouched even though it was also close to a creek.
>
> These are certainly not good advertisements for PCT hikers.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT ? 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/