[pct-l] Mountain Fire Update

[Stephen Clark]

Hwy 74 is open from the south up to Hwy 243. It may also be open from the
northwest to Hwy 243.  Hwy 243 is open from Banning to the Pine Cove and
the Nature Center.

If you zoom in on the incident map in the burn area:
http://inciweb.org/incident/3516/  You will see that the fire has
completely burned over the PCT from just south of Palm View Peak to withing
about a half mile of Little Tahquitz Valley... roughly 11 miles of trail.

The fire video on the AM news today brought tears...

I have been up to San Gorgonio Wilderness and back already today and the
smoke this afternoon didn't look as bad as it did this morning. Hopefully
the humid weather that's moving in has helped firefighters get a little
better handle on the burn.

Quackers