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<DIV>In a message dated 1/20/2007 9:19:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
spiritbear2k@hotmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Last
autumn there was a huge fire that started at the camgpround at Red <BR>Eagle
Lake and spread over the next few weeks. Both campgrounds at the lake
<BR>will be closed, even if the trail is open. That means you will have
to go <BR>from Reynolds Creek to Atlantic Creek in one day. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Which is how far?</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>That's
if the trail is <BR>open at all. They probably won't have had a chance
to work on it before the <BR>southbound hikers start the trail in
June.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>I realize the area got burnt but is that reason enough to close the
trail? I haven't heard of the PCT closing sections after fire. But
then again, I wasn't paying attention.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>