Gorge closure order

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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by retired jerry » January 18th, 2018, 1:45 pm

Thankjs, interesting

"The fire itself is 100 percent contained, but Pawlitz said authorities saw smoldering stumps as recently as December."

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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by Guy » January 18th, 2018, 3:38 pm

Some trails in the heart of the burn area could be closed for up to five years, Pawlitz said.
Good grief, maybe each rock has to be measured, weighed and cataloged before being cemented back into place.
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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by aircooled » January 18th, 2018, 8:05 pm

If we have a government shutdown, that could slow things down even further. And who will protect us from the dangers in the Gorge?

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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by retired jerry » January 18th, 2018, 8:24 pm

If we have a shutdown then those sentries will stop working? Then we can go all over the gorge? :twisted:

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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by Guy » January 18th, 2018, 9:28 pm

retired jerry wrote:If we have a shutdown then those sentries will stop working? Then we can go all over the gorge? :twisted:
:lol: :lol:

Except the toilets will be locked Jerry so we will still have to stay home ;)
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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by MarkInTheDark » January 19th, 2018, 3:19 pm

A gorge trail update from KATU-TV...

http://katu.com/news/local/forest-servi ... -wahclella

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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by kepPNW » January 19th, 2018, 3:24 pm

More details from the initial trail assessments...

Broad overview:
Drilling down to individual trails:
(That last link seems to be the one to bookmark?)
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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by squidvicious » January 19th, 2018, 4:00 pm

kepPNW wrote: (That last link seems to be the one to bookmark?)
Those pictures. I literally cried. I really wasn't expecting the low trails to be so bad.

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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by retired jerry » January 19th, 2018, 4:19 pm

I'd be willing to try crossing that Eagle Creek bridge :twisted:

Interesting to see that Gorton Creek and Herman Creek trails don't look too bad, but Nick Eaton does. Maybe go up Gorton, Ridge Cutoff, continue on Nick Eaton, down to Herman on Casey Creek trail, out on Herman

I can't wait until they start letting people in there.

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Re: Gorge closure order

Post by drm » January 20th, 2018, 7:07 am

They didn't go very far, only 1.5 miles up Herman Creek (to jcn with Nick Eaton), for example.

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