[pct-l] Bagley Fire

[Elisabeth Cutright-Smith]

Here is the incident info for the Bagley Fire:

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3188/

It includes an updated closure order (from 8/28), but they don't seem to
have updated the closure map, and, at least as of a couple of days ago,
closed areas were not well signed. There was at least some discussion of
using the PCT as a northern containment line for the fire, so be careful
out there.

With reduced winds today, hikers even in the open area of the trail west of
Castella can expect smoke from the Bagley Fire to basically run right into
smoke from the Fort Complex near Seiad.

Safe hiking!

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Brett Fisher <brett.fisher64 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Heads up hikers. Another NorCal fire!
>
> Team No Hurries (Backtrack and Dances With Lizards) ate dinner below Burney
> Falls yesterday evening then hiked out of the park and were crossing the
> dam on the Pit River at dusk when a car stopped us.
>
> The couple inside asked if we knew we were walking into an uncontrolled
> fire. We didn't. We had checked at the park, but no one there had fire
> info. No bulletin board info either.
>
> The couple are camp hosts for a PG&E employee's camp. They put us up for
> the night and let us use their computer to research the fire.
>
> Sure enough, the trail ahead is closed by the fire (Burney Falls to
> Castella - only a section of trail but no alternate routes).
>
> We had been wondering about the billowing smoke by day and orange glow at
> night we'd been watching from Hat Creek Rim.
>
> Thankyou Fred and Judy. Beyond trail magic.
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