[pct-l] Re: Fires in the Olallie Lakes Basin

[steve@longtrails.com (Steve Queen)]

Here's the lastest info from the USFS.  I've also been told that thru hikers
are being intercepted on the Williamette NF before they get to Jefferson
Park.  They are being fed there and then shuttled through the closed area
and dropped off to continue their progress.

Steve Queen
Mount Hood Area Coordinator
Pacific Crest Trail Association
http://www.longtrails.com/mthood/

Mt. Hood National Forest
16400 Champion Way
Sandy, OR  97055

August 20, 2001

For Immediate Release

For more information contact:  Jimmye Turner, (503) 630-8767

Olallie Fire Complex

Good weather and good work cooperated in keeping the Olallie/Monan lake
fire from growing.  Crews built line and mopped edges of the fire
keeping the total acreage at 2500 acres.

A Vertol 409 helicopter arrived yesterday to bring its specific brand of
fire-fighting to the effort.

With most of the fire on the Warm Springs reservation, Warm Springs
crews have built a contingency line behind the fire's front edge.  If
all goes well, it won't be used and the fire will be corralled at the
minimum size possible.

Endanger species habitat, commercial timber, traditional food-gathering
areas and anadramous fish habitat are among the many values the fire
efforts is trying to protect.

Although most of the fire is to the east, structure protection crews are
continuing to secure the buildings and structures at the campgrounds.
So far, so good!

A mandatory evacuation order conducted by the Clackamas County Sheriff's
office began on August 13, 2001 at 2 pm and will remain in effect on the
Mt. Hood side of the fire.

On the Warm Springs side the Trout lake campground was closed.  The
trails in the Trout lake area were also closed to use.

Campgrounds that are closed are:  Camp Ten, Horseshoe Lake, Lower Lake,
Olallie Meadows, Paul Denis, Peninsula, Breitenbush and Triangle Lake
Equestrian.  Olallie Lake Resort is also closed until further notice.

Trails that are closed are:  Lodgepole (#706), Gibson Lake (#708),
Horseshoe Saddle (#712), Ruddy Hill (#714), Russ Lake (#716), Fish Lake
(#717), Red Lake (#719), Top Lake (#719), Monon Lake (#729), Olallie
Lake (#731), Monolallie Lake (#732), Timber Lake (#733), Double Peaks
(#735), and Potato Butte (#719A).  Road Closures:  46/4690,
4680/4680-150, 4220/4230, 42/380.