2015 Fire & Smoke Reports
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maverick
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
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Re: 2015 Fire & Smoke Reports
Just got back from 6 days in Humphreys Basin. Every day smoke blew in at noon (from the west), pretty thick at times, then cleared about 10PM. Clear in AM. Today was the first day that only a little bit of smoke was in the air in the afternoon.
We drove by the Walker Fire this afternoon. Smoke in Lee Vining and east. So far smoke not blowing into the mountains.
We drove by the Walker Fire this afternoon. Smoke in Lee Vining and east. So far smoke not blowing into the mountains.
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
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Re: 2015 Fire & Smoke Reports
Smoke from the fire near June Lake:
http://instagram.com/p/6a3ddnLOYC/
http://instagram.com/p/6cqvVnrOe8/
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Re: 2015 Fire & Smoke Reports
http://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/
not the Sierra, but check out this website. I wish we had something like this for the USA.
not the Sierra, but check out this website. I wish we had something like this for the USA.
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Re: 2015 Fire & Smoke Reports
Because of dense smoke, 180 is closed at the Hume Lake junction. Have to bail on our Rae Lakes Loop and do part of the HST instead.
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MountainMinstrel
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Re: 2015 Fire & Smoke Reports
We could see the pyro cumulous cloud from the Walker fire from Sonora yesterday (8/15).
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Re: 2015 Fire & Smoke Reports
Here's a news report on the Rough Fire, the video stars a couple of HST members, Rogue Photonic and Alpine Mike, taking things in their stride 
http://abc30.com/news/rough-fire-forces ... ve/934385/
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http://abc30.com/news/rough-fire-forces ... ve/934385/
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Re: Walker Fire 120 closed btw Tioga P and 395
See http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4515/ and
update http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4515/27195/
update http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4515/27195/
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Re: 2015 Fire & Smoke Reports
I just got back from 10 days on a variation of the Circle of Solitude. The Rough Fire was a constant companion, blowing in for a few hours each day, usually in the afternoon. Ended up taking a smoky layover day at Lake Reflection before climbing over Longley Pass the next day to perfectly clear weather. We stayed at lake 10962 in Sphinx Basin for two nights and watched the pyrocumulus clouds grow each afternoon. The second night was quite smoky and as we descended Sphinx Creek the following day we could barely see across Bubbs Creek. The smoke would come and go quite abruptly, so there wasn't much chance to escape it when it did roll in.
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