Management of the Meadow Fire was assumed by the South Central Sierra Inter-agency Incident Management Team on Monday, September 8 at 6 PM. Firefighters have achieved 5% containment along the western perimeter, near Little Yosemite Valley. It is approximately 2,585 acres in size, although that may change today. Over 100 firefighters are on scene, including water dropping helicopters. The fire is within designated Wilderness and firefighters are implementing Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics (MIST).
There is an area Safety Closure in effect, by order of the Superintendent of Yosemite National Park and under the authority of Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1.5(a) and Section (a)(1): The areas and features include:
• Little Yosemite Valley
• The John Muir Trail between Little Yosemite Valley and Long Meadow
• All routes on Half Dome including the Cables, NW Regular Route and Snake Dike
• Sunrise and Merced Lake High Sierra Camps and backpackers’ camps
• The Sunrise Trail south of the Tenaya Lake Trail junction
• Clouds Rest, Sunrise Lakes, Emeric Lake and Babcock Lake
Trails and areas that remains open:
• The Mist, John Muir and Panorama Trails to the top of Nevada Falls
• Vogelsang Backpackers’ Camp
• The Tenaya Lake Trail
• Fletcher Creek Trail between Vogelsang and Merced Lake Range