[Snowbrushy]

There was a huge fire in The Wenatchee National Forest 35 years ago. http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5498

[polecatjoe]

My Dad worked that fire for the Forest Service- he didn't like it, much. Sounds pretty awesome and frightening.

[Quark]

Wow, I can't wait to get over there this fall, after it cools down, and investigate the areas to see the re-growth. I love history links for forest related stuff. It's interesting to see re-growth, even if you don't recognize it as such. Sometimes you're in a forest, walking, then all the sudden it looks a little different. You can't put your finger on it, but it's different. Usually it's that all the trees are suddenly the same size. If you can't see it from the trail, go off trail and poke around and look closely, you can see evidence of fire; charred remains of a group of stumps. I had that feeling on Fourth Creek once. I mentioned to my freind Greg that the forest had a different feel all the sudden. He knew what I meant, and knew what it was; so he and I went off trail a ways and found old, old remains of charred stumps; dozens and dozens of them. They were almost completely buried in newer forest detritus. I enjoyed the fire remains of a fire on the Chewuch trail (pre 30 Mile), Sherman Pass, Hat Point, Hatchery Creek, Prince Creek (I get all those Chelan fire names confused - it's the one that skirts Navarre and Horsethief Basin). We saw fire evidence on the Pyramid Lake trail last weekend. There was a big fire on Cougar Mtn, too. The charred stumps are humongous! (the trail that leads to Fantastic Erratic rock).

[polecatjoe]

[Quark]

[Get Out and Go]

Just as the 100 Hikes book describes, remnants of the fire that hit the Wildhorse Valley can be found. No snags left now, just lines on the ground consisting of nuggets of rotten wood. Amazing, when you consider that the fire was in the early part of the last century. On the other hand, the Hatchery Creek trail will lead you to a beautiful silver forest where the wildflowers are flourishing - a legacy of the fire 10 years ago.

[kleet]

[Malachai Constant]

I was there if had a friend who worked for the state and would call any of his buds if there was a project fire, din the Eniait. All I remember was a lot of dust bugs ans smoke, you got paid for 24 hr, days and it was not that bad. I went there 15 years after and it was recognizable but very different. That was then this is now

[hikermike]

I remember that fire, can't believe it was 35 yrs. ago, so much water since then!