[Cdt-l] Fwd: Mustang Fire Complex Forest Closure - Pyramid Peak-Lost Trail ID/MT

[Stephen Olshansky]

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> From: Stephen Olshansky <olshanskystephen at yahoo.com>
> Date: September 12, 2012 10:08:16 AM MDT
> To: "Pete E. Michelinie" <michelinie at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Mustang Fire Complex Forest Closure - Pyramid Peak-Lost Trail ID/MT
> 

> Pete Ty so much for posting very helpful to know where to stay in Jackson and wisdom. Still not sure where exactly I will cut down east off the divide but planned to take your   Route up from wisdom back to divide. The wind direction has changed in last couple of days more from nw to se sending more smoke towards leadore and salmon and downrange on the divide. 
> Ty again for posting it was most helpful
> Otter
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> On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:14 AM, "Pete E. Michelinie" <michelinie at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Greetings from Anaconda, MT
>> 
>> I just finished walking around this closure with a heads up from Gary Swing, the last southbounder (section hiker) that I will probably see.  He said the closure was just south of Lost Trail / Chief Joseph Pass, and when he got to it the only option was to bushwhack down towards the fire and into Gibbonsville, which has since been evacuated I believe...
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>> So for my re-route: about 60 miles north from Leadore at Goldstone Pass I walked the Ley purple path down the 4x4 road where it connects with a much more heavily used gravel road about 5 miles down.  From there it's about 15 miles north / northeast to Jackson, MT.  There you can soak in the hot spring for $6 and camp in the back yard of Rose's Canteena if you promise to eat breakfast there the next morning (which was excellent, filling and cheap!).  From Jackson it's an 18 mile walk north on the highway to Wisdom, MT.  I camped in the American Legion Memorial Park, where there were no signs telling me not to.  It's just a 1/4 mile up towards Chief Joseph Pass on Hwy-43.  Then it's another 18 mile walk on a gravel road to Mussigbrod Lake.  You walk up Lower North Fork Rd for 9 miles then turn left on a road just 1/4 mile after you pass Upper North Fork Road.  Don't take Upper North Fork Road though, you don't want that one.  From Mussigbrod Lake it's a nicely maintained 4 mile trail to reconnect back with the CDT.  I navigated using compass bearings off of a free Montana travel map!  My only wish was that I had more detail of the gravel roads.  I think I could have shortened the walk a little by cutting through some pasture and powerlines.  Those gravel road lines are pretty jagged.
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>> The re-route nicely swings you around the danger/closure area.  Even though the trail isn't ablaze I'm quite sure most of us hikers, especially NOBO's in Montana, don't have an extra $5,000 to pay the fine if you get caught in that area.  
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>> I hope this helps.  How many more hikers are there heading north?  I'm curious!
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>> Best,
>> Pete "Furniture" Michelinie
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>> Pete E. Michelinie, Furniture Maker.
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>>               503.803.2150
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>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Warren, Greg -FS <gwarren at fs.fed.us> wrote:
>> The Forest Service has implemented a fire closure for an area along the CDT from Pyramid Peak to Lost Trail Pass along the Idaho/Montana border.  Information on the Mustang Fire Complex can be found online at:  http://inciweb.org/incident/3100/.  See "Mustang Complex Emergency Area Closure #04-13-12-534" and "Mustang Complex Emergency Area Closure # 04-13-12-533."
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