More of a PSA to remind people to thoroughly put out your campfires. Can't say for certain this is what happened, but it appears that a fire burnt into the ground around a fire ring and was likely the cause of the center island catching fire. Have been here twice in the past two weeks and the island has been burning for at least 10 days. The fire department is aware and seems to be letting it burn itself out, as it is thankfully on an island. This feels like preaching into the void, but if you had a fire at the campsite on the south side of the lake mid September, you nearly started a forest fire (well, you did, but a small contained one)
Trail report - trail is great. Though someone cut down some of the brush encroaching on the granite creek connector trail, but left all the branches and debris on the trail? Maybe someone was coming back with a rake or something? But made it actually much more difficult to hike through than when I came in. The effort is appreciated, but usually the goal of trail clearing is to ya know.. make it more clear than when you started. Weird choice is all.
Seeing the glow of flames at night on the island was a surreal experience, really hope it doesn't spread more. Went to revolution peak as well, looks like only a few people sign the register a year, views are 100% worth the effort. There is what could be described as a trail, though it's tricky to stay on.
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John Morrow on Thompson Lake via Granite Creek Trail, Thompson Point, Revolution Peak, Granite Creek Connector Trail
Excellent public service message, thank you. And two different documentations of fire escaping the ring through roots and duff below. At the same lake destination! I find it so incredibly disheartening that people disregard the rules and reason in order to satisfy their own selfish desires at the expense of wildness, the landscape, and everyone else's experience.
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John Morrow on Oct 06, 2022 06:13 AM