[pct-l] Chimney Fire

[Robert Henry]

A botanist who lives at Kennedy Meadows says that it is a 200+ year
revegetation cycle once the pinyon/juniper/ponderosa burns off.

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Gary Schenk <gary_schenk at verizon.net> wrote:

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> http://www.pcta.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Chimney-Fire-PCT-6.2.16.jpg
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> Yes, lots of illegal fire rings on the PCT nowadays. I see fire rings in
> places were only people hiking on the PCT would camp. Still, we shouldn't
> jump to the conclusion that drunken AT knuckleheads coming out to the PCT
> expecting to have a campfire every night start these blazes.
>
> Not everyone using an alcohol stove is careless. A couple of years ago at
> Snow Lake in Oregon I watched Peanutbutter Platypus carefully clear an area
> and then make a small trench around her alcohol stove before making her
> dinner. That's the way to do it.
>
> Over Memorial Day we hiked from Kennedy Meadows and out over Olancha Pass.
> It's amazing that 40 years later trees have yet to make a comeback from the
> Clover fire. Same with the Manter fire, those trees are not coming back
> until we get another ice age.
>
> Kennedy Meadows Store deck is full of hikers. Two weekends ago on the
> trail up to Baden-Powell you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a
> thruhiker. It's overwhelming. Let's hope they are all careful with fire.
>
> This puts a big blank spot on the trail. With the trail, Nine Mile Road
> and Canebreak Road closed along with Sherman Pass still closed, that's
> going to be one tough spot to get around on foot.
>
> Gary
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: marmot marmot <marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>
> To: Gary Schenk <gary_schenk at verizon.net>
> Cc: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 3, 2016 6:26 am
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Chimney Fire
>
> You bet it sucks!!!
> And there's some hiker that I heard about out there who is carrying 3
> stoves(to test them). Two of which do not have shut off valves(alcohol and
> esbit,I heard). I didn't meet him so let it go. No longer. When are people
> going to figure it out?  Is this another fire caused by camper/hiker
> stupidity? Last year I was part of two frustrating struggles to attempt to
> get hikers to put out campfires ----at Little Jimmy and in the Sierra. We
> had to send in the Ranger to Little Jimmy. Couldn't get any official help
> at the other. As you walk through all the burns think about it. I believe
> there were 5 just in section F. Very sad. I made a comment about it and one
> hiker said that he hadn't even realized it was a burn. Because first I did
> the trail over 20 years ago I remember walking though the more shady Piutes.
> Marmot
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 3, 2016, at 5:29 AM, Gary Schenk <gary_schenk at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > The Chimney fire has closed the PCT from Walker Pass to Kennedy Meadows.
> Canebreak Road and Nine Mile Canyon Road are closed. Origin fire is the
> Chimney Peak Campground. 1000 acres and 10% contained.
> >
> > This sucks.
> >
> > Gary
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