[pct-l] wildfire near Kennedy Meadows (south)

[Gary Wright]

On Jun 1, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Halfmile wrote:
> CA-SQF-000967 Clover Fire is 60 acres with 0% percent containment.
> This incident is located approximately 8 miles North of Kennedy
> Meadows on the South Sierra Wilderness Area in Tulare County . The
> fire is burning in sparse pine and mixed conifer with a moderate rate
> of spread with isolated torching. The Pacific Crest trail has been
> closed in the area of the fire.

This fire seems to be mentioned in this journal entry from Kennedy
Meadows:
<http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?entry_id=3018>
>
> After a while, a local fire guy came to inform us that the trail is  
> closed. The fire is uncontained, and has burned 100 acres. No word  
> when it could be opened - if its a natural fire, since its in  
> federal land, no attempt will be made to put it out.
> A while later, local fire guy came back to let us know that the  
> fire was started on the trail, presumably by a hiker, so it will be  
> put out.

So it sounds like this may be yet another fire started by a
PCT hiker.

Radar