tarol
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Post by tarol on Aug 23, 2015 9:37:17 GMT -8
The park just released this: ROUGH FIRE UPDATE: Wilderness permits cancelled for specific trailheads Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is cancelling all wilderness permits that initiate in the Cedar Grove and Grant Grove areas due to trailheads being located in areas closed due to the Rough Fire. The parks are providing a refund of the permit fees. If requested, we will rearrange permits into other areas in the parks, or move them to a later date. It is important to note that hiking in wilderness areas in the parks does not provide the best experience right now—uncomfortable hiking with much smoke and little to no vistas. However, whether or not you go, where a trailhead is open and available is up to you. Some wilderness rangers are currently being reassigned to other areas of the parks due to poor air quality. Rangers in the Cedar Grove area are also being moved out. The park has limited staffing levels—and therefore very limited emergency response is available for the public. For example, with smoke, helicopters have not been able to fly into certain areas of the parks. In a worse-case scenario, an emergency could mean a litter-carry lasting several days per patient.
There are two teams managing different sections of the Rough Fire. For more information about the Rough Fire, call 559-565-3704 or visit inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4456. In addition, there is a park-specific team managing how the Rough Fire affects employees and partners and communicating to the public how visitors could be impacted by the Rough Fire on a visit to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 23, 2015 9:38:46 GMT -8
Tarol, thanks for posting that and sharing. It's hard to hear, but important that people know!
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tarol
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Post by tarol on Aug 23, 2015 9:41:03 GMT -8
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zeke
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Post by zeke on Aug 23, 2015 10:04:20 GMT -8
I look forward to the day Google, or someone like them, can post pictures less than 3 days old from satellites. I want to see the smoke for myself, or whatever conditions are available. I know this is bad, but what if there was a planned hike up near Twin Lakes on the East side? How would I know if the Kerriwick/Matterhorn Loop was good or not?
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tarol
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Post by tarol on Aug 23, 2015 10:14:56 GMT -8
Well, calling the local ranger station/visitor center is the first step to know whether or not the area is getting smoke
Following local businesses on Facebook is also a good strategy - many resorts in the Sierra have their own pages and provide visitors with excellent real time information.
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davesenesac
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Post by davesenesac on Aug 23, 2015 10:20:15 GMT -8
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toejam
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Post by toejam on Aug 24, 2015 16:21:33 GMT -8
I finished the JMT nobo Thursday. The smoke was awful between June Lake & Olancha on the drive home.
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tarol
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Post by tarol on Aug 30, 2015 6:44:32 GMT -8
Hikerchick 395 has been posting photos on Facebook from Bishop - pretty dense smoke and ash falling. But last night it cleared out a little bit, we've had a bit of a windshift. Snownymph has been posting photos from the Mammoth area. Two people to find on Facebook if you're interested.
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tarol
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Post by tarol on Sept 1, 2015 10:03:35 GMT -8
Fire is headed to Cedar Grove, they've wrapped Knapp's Cabin to try and protect it
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