Re: 2014 Fire & Smoke Reports
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 11:24 pm
Noticed that fire today on the Yosemite webcam. NPS says "The Meadow Fire is burning in the greater Little Yosemite Valley area and is at 400 acres."
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Yosemite NPS:
Features and facilities that are closed include, but are not limited to:
-Little Yosemite Valley
-The John Muir Trail between Little Yosemite Valley and Long Meadow.
-All routes on Half Dome including the Cables, NW Regular Route, and Snake Dike.
-Sunrise and Merced Lake High Sierra Camps and backpackers' camps.
-The Sunrise Trail south of the Tenaya Lake Trail junction.
-Clouds Rest, Sunrise Lakes, Emeric Lake, and Babcock Lake.
maverick wrote: Fire is at 4434 acres, grew 1834 acres since 9/8.
I witnessed the flare up and large plume from the west slope of Ritter and from atop Ritter on Sunday. That day, smoke blew northeast and left me with clean air and expansive views. I may post some images in a Ritter area thread later. Monday, I came over Tioga Pass and stopped by Happy Isles before heading west out of the park to home via Merced. I saw closure signs at the trailheads entering the areas listed above. Most of the fire crews seemed to have parked near Happy Isles. Smoke was not much of an issue in the developed areas I drove through and stopped at on Monday. There was significant rainfall in the high country near Tioga Pass. Obviously smoke conditions will change with the winds. I'm not sure if anyone has posted something like this map before (click the fire box and scroll to the area you are interested in to see where the smoke is):maverick wrote:Thanks Mark.
Fire is at 4434 acres, grew 1834 acres since 9/8.http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/Meadow-Fi ... osures.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yosemite NPS:
Features and facilities that are closed include, but are not limited to:
-Little Yosemite Valley
-The John Muir Trail between Little Yosemite Valley and Long Meadow.
-All routes on Half Dome including the Cables, NW Regular Route, and Snake Dike.
-Sunrise and Merced Lake High Sierra Camps and backpackers' camps.
-The Sunrise Trail south of the Tenaya Lake Trail junction.
-Clouds Rest, Sunrise Lakes, Emeric Lake, and Babcock Lake.
Herm wrote:Is it known whether or not this fire was caused by an illegal campfire? I have looked through the bulletin posted by the NPS (link provided by Maverick), but the bulletin does not address the issue.
Herm