Dollar Lake Fire

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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by pdxgene » September 4th, 2011, 4:51 am

That's not good. Once these places close they tend to stay that way until the bad weather starts. This could ruin a lot of fall hiking too.
KATU reported that the fire had spread to the Cathedral Ridge / Mazama Trail area yesterday.

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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by retired jerry » September 4th, 2011, 5:43 am

It'll be interesting to go up there and check it out next spring

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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by Grannyhiker » September 4th, 2011, 8:00 am

Map of approximate area actually burned as of 6 am today: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ftp/InciWeb/OR ... 522-0.jpeg

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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by adamschneider » September 4th, 2011, 9:26 am

Close-up of this morning's map:

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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by adamschneider » September 4th, 2011, 9:54 am

Interactive map of the latest fire perimeter: http://tinyurl.com/dlfire-9-4

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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by Grannyhiker » September 4th, 2011, 10:13 am

Thank you very much, Adam, for putting this on a real map!

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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by Splintercat » September 4th, 2011, 10:28 am

This is sort of a jumbo image, but I put this together to put a "face" on the rather dry info shown on the maps -- I'm anxious to see how much has changed up there, too. I'm having flashbacks to 1980, and how it felt to lose Spirit Lake, Harmony Falls and Mt. St. Helens in one massive sweep. Obviously, this is much less dramatic, but I won't live long enough to see the big trees return if the alpine groves along the Timberline Trail have burned.

Part of the natural process, of course, and the starkness of a recovering burn has its own beauty... but hard to adjust to, nonetheless.

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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by guernica » September 4th, 2011, 11:06 am

Absolutely stunning pictures, Tom.

This fire makes me sad. I know it's a part of the natural process, but the north side of Hood is one of my favorite places in the world.

That said, there is a different, stark beauty to a burned landscape. I was just in the Jefferson wilderness this week, and it was my first time hiking through an extensive burn area. The B&B complex really torched that area.
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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by retired jerry » September 4th, 2011, 11:29 am

Walking from Tilly Jane to Cloudcap a year ago:
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East of the South Sister in 2008:
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Mill Creek area in Ochocos in 2009:
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Re: Dollar Lake Fire

Post by pdxflowergirl » September 4th, 2011, 1:18 pm

After seeing the smokey haze on our approach from the east around 8am, I immediately looked on PH.org and saw this discussion thread. Funny that my first impulse wasn't to look on local news site!

Snapped pic this morning from the Empire Builder train returning from Glacier National Park (somewhere between White Salmon and Stevenson) where Mt. Hood looked like a Cascade island in the sky. This is what happens when I leave Oregon for a week...
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