eisely Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 It was bound to happen after a prolonged drought. There is a serious fire burning in Northern Philmont as I write this post. Philmont has issued a release saying that it plans to accomodate everybody this summer, but that some itineraries will be changed. If your itinerary included territory North of Route 64 you will be affected. A nice person has created a web site to track this situation. Go to www.towson.edu/romans/philmont/philmont_fire Hope that works. Pray for rain (without lightning). Happy trails anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisely Posted June 6, 2002 Author Share Posted June 6, 2002 Try this www.pages.towson/edu/romans/philmont/philmont_fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Long Posted June 10, 2002 Share Posted June 10, 2002 I found an excellent fire map online. This is a big one and getting bigger. http://www.earthanalytic.com/NENM_Fires.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Long Posted June 10, 2002 Share Posted June 10, 2002 Both links break. How about this one? http://pages.towson.edu/romans/philmont/philmont_fires_2002.htm They also have a link the page I posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisely Posted June 10, 2002 Author Share Posted June 10, 2002 I was hoping that Mike, or someone else more technologically proficient than I, would come up with the right link. The link cited by Mike is the correct one. According to the news at this hour on June 10, some suburbs of Denver are being evacuated because of an approaching fire. I guess things are pretty bad in that part of the country. Everybody going to Philmont this summer had best pay attention to what is going on, and discuss with your crew what to do in case of a fire in the back country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Long Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 I've been in a fire before while backpacking. It's not something I'll soon forget. I won't get anywhere near one or the chance of one if I had the option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthPoleScout Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 The fires are getting worse. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Long Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Good news folks! The Ponil fire is now 100% contained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisely Posted June 26, 2002 Author Share Posted June 26, 2002 Glad something is going right in the fire fighting arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisely Posted July 26, 2002 Author Share Posted July 26, 2002 While the Ponil fire is now officially out, there will still be flare ups. On July 14, as we were hiking up the canyon of South Ponil Creek we smelled and saw smoke. This came from a part of the canyon already burned out. A tree that had been burning underground finally had fallen over after its roots had weakened and started to burn again for real. Fortunately this was quickly extinguished by alert Philmont staff. Not nearly as exciting as the bear that raided our camp site one night later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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