60% contained, that's good, right? Containment headed in the right direction it looks like. Any word on the condition of the Tuolumne Grove & Merced Grove of Giant Sequoias?by TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfLq1aCOKEY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESYr3OkJy6A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6lyOSYnpPM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiwCZllvbzQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH4Z34os6ZA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgJqA6-y2P4by TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Godspeed to our fire fighting forces tackling this beast of a fire. Though I hope for no more destruction to nature's beauty, and my beloved Yosemite, I absolutely wish no harm to anyone involved. Aug. 18th: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQhPUVgBE14 Aug. 18th: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a57iemEVlo8 Aug. 19th: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn29zSPVau4 Aug. 22nd:by TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteRoyalist Now up to 53,000 acres: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3660/by TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteBee Update: Rim Fire spreads to over 53,866 acres The Rim Fire in Tuolumne County continues to rage out of control. As of Thursday morning, the 5-day-old wildfire has charred 16,228 acres west of Yosemite National Park. Several communities have been evacuated and a stretch of Highway 120, the main artery into the park, has been closed. Nearly 1,356 firefighters from across the statby TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteCalaveras Since there was no lightning around when it started it must be human caused. What I was fearing. *sigh*by TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Any updates on whether the Rim Fire was ignited by natural causes, or man-made?by TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteQITNL Yep, that's Unicorn Peak. In your first photo, left to right: Mt Althuski, Unicorn, Cockscomb, Echo Ridge. QITNL, thanks! Also, thanks for the names of the other peaks as well, I did not know I had them all in there!by TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm no Ansel Adams, so please, no harsh criticism on the quality of the pics! Stayed up in Tuolumne Meadows in mid-August, snapped some pics, and just wanted to make sure I had my peaks right. In the following photos it is Unicorn Peak that is being shown, correct?by TheMountainsAreCalling - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion