[pct-l] Manning FIRE - BC Parks webpage and phone number

[bluebrain at bluebrain.ca]

They just updated the page.  The following trails are closed in Manning:

    * Bonnevier
    * Monument 83
    * Monument 78/Castle Creek
    * Pacific Crest
    * Mt. Frosty Loop
    * Similkameen
    * Windy Joe
    * Beaver Pond.

:-(

Paul


> The moment anything changes, this will likely be the first page to be
> updated.
>
> http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/manning.html
>
> For more information, contact BC Parks: 1-250-490-8200
>
> I was in Manning earlier this summer, and it's a tinderbox.  It's been an
> extremely dry year up here and the forest in and around Manning is
> suffering from many years of pine beetle damage.  I would count on the
> fire spreading into the park and resulting in more trail closures.
>
> Although, I guess if the trail is closed in Washington then it really
> doesn't matter whether it's open or not here on the other side of the
> border!
>
> - Paul
>
> _______________________________________________
> pct-l mailing list
> pct-l at backcountry.net
> unsubscribe or change options:
> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>