[pct-l] Aftermath of the Chariot Fire near Mt Laguna

[Stephen Clark]

The fact of the matter is that we have had a good deal of rain in the burn
area since the fire. So much so that it created flash floods in
Anza-Borrego several times.
The rangers in Anza-Borrego report an early bloom the likes of which has
been unseen for many years...
I hiked in the Julian area this past Sunday and everything was green, even
some small lupine already blooming.
Check this site: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638
Quackers


On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Betty Wheeler <bettywheeler at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for this report, Ron - greatly appreciate your observations. I hope
> to hike this area soon-haven't been there since before the July fire. I'm
> surprised to read about the new growth occurring before we've had any rain.
> Betty
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Ron Graybill <rgraybill44 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Did a couple of day hikes northward from Mt Laguna this past weekend.  As
> > most of you know, the Chariot Fire burned 7000 acres in this area July
> 6-15
> > this year.  The PCT reaches the southern edge of the burn area at Mile 45
> > and you hike in the burned area for the next 5 miles continuously, then
> off
> > and on until well past the Pioneer Mail Picnic area at Mile 53.  It is
> > remarkable, though not unexpected, that almost all the shrubs and oaks
> are
> > sprouting new, healthy shoots, and one even finds wild flowers here and
> > there among the ashes. I'm no forestry expert, but it looks to me like
> the
> > pines suffered most.  Once you leave the burned areas you quickly notice
> > that almost anywhere along the trail, even where the brush is high and
> > healthy, dead branches protrude above the greenery, mute testimony to the
> > fact that fire is a frequent visitor to these dry mountain areas.
> >  Temperatures for this mid-September jaunt were right around 80 during
> the
> > day, with a light breeze.  Of course all the natural water sources were
> > dry.
> >
> > As noted on this forum earlier, most of the 116 cabins and other
> structures
> > at the Al Bahr Mount Laguna Shrine Camp were destroyed. Nearly all that
> was
> > left of the camp's 87-year old lodge was the stone fireplace and chimney.
> > But
> > signs at the camp now declare their intention to rebuild. However, their
> > website has not been updated, and gives no hint that most of the
> buildings
> > pictured there are gone: http://www.albahrshrine.org/shrinecamp.html
> > --Manzanita
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