The Bull Complex Fire is the first 2021 fire that has seriously affected trails in northwest Oregon:
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7773/
It's burned up Elk Lake Creek and the Welcome Lakes Trails and positioned on the ridge above Lake Lenore and the foot of Big Slide Mountain.
Here's the USFS closure map. No way to get into Bull of the Woods now (not that you'd want to).
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 940113.pdf
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My hiking buddy and I have a saying: "hike it before it burns."
Bull of the Woods Loop in 2017:
Bull of the Woods Loop in 2017:
Believe it or not, I barely ever ride a mountain bike.
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The only saving grace (if there is one) is that most (not all) of that area burned in 2010 - much of it is reburning now (pink is the perimeter from 2010 and orange is the current fire perimeter):bobcat wrote: ↑August 19th, 2021, 6:57 amThe Bull Complex Fire is the first 2021 fire that has seriously affected trails in northwest Oregon:
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7773/
It's burned up Elk Lake Creek and the Welcome Lakes Trails and positioned on the ridge above Lake Lenore and the foot of Big Slide Mountain.
Here's the USFS closure map. No way to get into Bull of the Woods now (not that you'd want to).
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 940113.pdf
Lake Lenore all burned in 2010 - I was there before the fire and it was beautiful - not so much anymore - the trail down to the lake had pretty much disappeared when I went there a year or two after the fire. I don't know if it has been restored or not.
There is a pretty good segment of Elk Lake creek that had not burned, but is now burning as well.
Hopefully the fire slows down soon.....
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anyone know if Hawk Mountain cabin survived last year's fire?
Surely someone has done a fly over even if ground-access has been closed.
It's been a year, haven't been able to find a lick of information on it. I suspect it didn't but.. that just means there's not a mouse problem anymore I guess..
Surely someone has done a fly over even if ground-access has been closed.
It's been a year, haven't been able to find a lick of information on it. I suspect it didn't but.. that just means there's not a mouse problem anymore I guess..
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The Hawk Mountain cabin did survive - they had people staffed there to protect it. I have not seen it since the fire, but there were definite reports of it surviving from the FS.Water wrote: ↑August 20th, 2021, 1:55 pmanyone know if Hawk Mountain cabin survived last year's fire?
Surely someone has done a fly over even if ground-access has been closed.
It's been a year, haven't been able to find a lick of information on it. I suspect it didn't but.. that just means there's not a mouse problem anymore I guess..
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That's a shame about Elk Lake Creek. I have hiked a portion from the Elk Lake side, but not from the east end.
I too heard through the grapevine that the Hawk Mountain cabin survived.
I forget where I saw this (possibly the MHNF Facebook page) but the Bull of the Woods Lookout has not been wrapped. They could not find a safe place to land a helicopter with a crew, and they determined it was too unsafe to have them hike in and wrap it. So let's hope the fire doesn't get that far.
Gold Butte HAS been wrapped.
I too heard through the grapevine that the Hawk Mountain cabin survived.
I forget where I saw this (possibly the MHNF Facebook page) but the Bull of the Woods Lookout has not been wrapped. They could not find a safe place to land a helicopter with a crew, and they determined it was too unsafe to have them hike in and wrap it. So let's hope the fire doesn't get that far.
Gold Butte HAS been wrapped.
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It might actually help welcome lakes trail. It's gotten crazy over grown. Hope most of the big old growth on elk lake creek survives!
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Where are the little green men? I'm thinking spacecraft from a distant planet.
Seriously though, I did not know there was such a thing as wrapping a structure when fire approaches. Hopefully it works. I wonder if homes in the path of fire can get wrapped.
Seriously though, I did not know there was such a thing as wrapping a structure when fire approaches. Hopefully it works. I wonder if homes in the path of fire can get wrapped.
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as I remember, they wrapped the shelter at Cairn Basin during the Dollar Lake fire. It burned right up next to the shelter.