Alex Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 With the news that there are already fires in BC, around Rainier and near Omak, and remembering the way the Cdn Rockies and even areas of the Cascades got shut down due to the large fires there last summer, I am starting to alter my "typical" planning for the tick list to get on the alpine projects perhaps a little earlier this year. Seems like with the dry and hot weather, and rapidly dwindling snowpack, conditions will be prime for fires this season in general. Good luck to the fire crews this season. Hope you let the ones burn that you can let burn, though (particulates counteract global warming) ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 the whole town of lillooet is on evac alert right now with the flames burning to the top of honeyman falls. i guess there won't be tree belays at the top any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbb Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Maybe you'll be able to drive to the top and belay off yer bumper. See, fires are good for the ... uhh, ecosystem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sverdina Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 So was this Lilooet fire the source of brown haze that drifted in from the east, up Duffy Lk. Rd. valley Saturday afternoon? Watching it move in from up high, obscuring views of nearby valleys/peaks reminded me of what was going on at Cascade Pass last September. We speculated that the haze was just afternoon moisture rising into the air...but, the redish-brown color? We weren't able to detect any smell of burning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 It was smoke. We could see a thick blanket of smoke at about 6000' all thru the Fraser Canyon in the morning then the wind shifted and it all blew back up the canyon to Lillooet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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