Worse case scenario is up into Serene lakes. Mt Lincoln has a lot of granite up top
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Here are some pics of the trail in that canyon to give you a idea of the start location and fuel type. Looks like a pretty epic PT hike.
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Right now it doesn’t appear to be headed towards Sugar Bowl area and is currently 5.5 miles away.
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Yep. Born and raised up there. Very familiar with the location. This could get nasty real fast
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My crude image
There is a chimney that leads to Serene Lakes but wind is not in alignment now
I know “The Cedars” is down there but never been there, don’t know what it’s like
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The cedars are dispersed cabins that have been privately owned forever. Heavy timber throughout that whole area. If it runs to the cedars it would be a miracle if it stayed out of the serene lakes. That canyon gets pretty tight.
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Royal IC requesting Lima, Charlie and Golf strike teams. I believe I heard staging in Serene Lakes area.
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Smoke drifting into Truckee
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FIRIS just finished mapping it at 54 acres.
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The fire has been revised to approximately 54 acres per Intel mapping. 2 additional type 1 copters requested & some copters will have night flying capability per radio traffic.
An additional strike team of type 3 engines (5 engines), 5 type 1 handcrews & 2 strike teams of dozers (4 dozers) have been requested.
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This is the most upslope (Easterly) fire in this gorge since the American Complex (20890 acres) and the Granite fire (10 acres). This the closest a down wind, down slope fire has been to Soda Springs-Serene Lakes.
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Resources are definitely being “drawn down” across the state. East coast has already sent some engines.
Long response times and UTF time. Box gets bigger.
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Must be cranking now…can see the header from the valley
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Tanked NVG Chinook 0CH based out of Truckee Airport will be flying the fire tonight
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