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Fire in RMNP
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If you were planning on heading into the park you might want to reconsider, Bear Lake road is closed due to a fire in the Moraine Park area: |
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Hmmm make you wonder how that fire started. Hopefully not some touron. |
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when me and a buddy were in RMNP in June the roads in all had these weird teepee shaped structures that we assumed were for controlling wildfires from spreading...they surrounded the edges of a lot of the roads, including the one into bear lake. I wonder if they didn't work, or if that's not even what they're meant for |
Ben Botelho wrote:when me and a buddy were in RMNP in June the roads in all had these weird teepee shaped structures that we assumed were for controlling wildfires from spreading...they surrounded the edges of a lot of the roads, including the one into bear lake. I wonder if they didn't work, or if that's not even what they're meant forThat's mitigation for the beetle kill trees. They've been doing that for a bit there. Amazing to see how many trees they've removed so far. |
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Ohhh the ash-beetle? Interesting... |
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Pine beetle actually. They have been burning those piles over the course of the year, but I don't think that is what caused the fire, as there are no roads in the area of the fire. |
Ben Botelho wrote:Ohhh the ash-beetle? Interesting...http://www.nps.gov/romo/naturescience/mtn_pine_beetle_background.htm |
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Huh...I had no idea. Thanks for the link |
Ben Botelho wrote:Huh...I had no idea. Thanks for the linkIt's actually a huge problem world wide, with different species of bark beatles affecting the trees. The mountain bark beetle is causing havoc from New Mexico up to BC and I believe Alaska as well. Then there is the Southern bark beetle which..well, is in the Southeast. If you drove on I-70 past the tunnel when you were here, the massive amount of dead brown trees are all beetle kill. It's supposed to be cyclical, but I believe this is the worst it's been and I've read that due to global warming they are reproducing twice a year. Additionaly the federal government has even providing funding to combat it as per the link below 29 million acres were affected in 2011. Damn beetles... If you're bored. It's actually interesting stuff when you live in these areas. fs.fed.us/publications/bark… |
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Anyone know if the rock of ages is open with the recent fire? |
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They've closed off the Fern Lake trailhead from the winter parking lot. Cub Lake trail is closed, Fern Lake trail / The Pool is closed. The area north of Odessa Lake is closed. |
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This is a bummer. |
