[pct-l] Mountain Fire Update

[Diane Soini]

This fire is so sad. Yesterday we woke up to a red sun and  
Trailhacker took a picture and titled it "I can see the PCT from my  
house" meaning that the PCT is in the smoke in the air.

It seems like since I hiked the So Cal section in 2008, everything  
that wasn't burned already in 2008 has since burned. I bet you can't  
go a full day hiking now without walking through a recent burn.


On Jul 20, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Stephen Clark <rowriver at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Mountain Fire Update
>
> 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