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Linville / Pisgah Fires - Impacts to trails?
11/20/13 at 4:36pm
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Anyone know if the fires in Linville / Pisgah are impacting trails.  Thinking about Wilson's Creek in particular.

  
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Reply #1 - 11/20/13 at 4:52pm
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I've looked all over for maps of the affected area... nothing*.





*that I could find
  
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Reply #2 - 11/20/13 at 5:46pm
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I was thinking Raspberry might have got burned depending on what direction the fire went? I know they evacuated the houses at the top.
  
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Reply #3 - 11/20/13 at 6:29pm
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I'm pretty sure Side Hill burned.
  
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Reply #4 - 11/20/13 at 6:57pm
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All the maps I find online are too tiny to read, and since I'm not familiar with maps of the area... I'm lost on paper.
  
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Re: Linville / Pisgah Fires - Impacts to trails?
Reply #5 - 11/20/13 at 7:40pm
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Definitely not Raspberry, the fire didn't move North of Spence Ridge Trail and didn't cross the FS road, Raspberry is a few miles north of Hawksbill.

The fire really sucks, but I don't think any bike trails are affected unless there are more that I don't know about.

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This doesn't mean that the area isn't closed right now because the fire is not out and they are still working to control it and that is likely a major access road.
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Reply #6 - 11/20/13 at 8:28pm
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From the second link, the area of the fire is a lot smaller than what I was thinking. Thank goodness.
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Reply #7 - 11/20/13 at 10:51pm
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That is great information Clinton, thanks for posting
  
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Reply #8 - 11/21/13 at 4:34am
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Rode Razz last sunday and the road closed sign was right at the top. Assuming they probably had a few mile buffer from the fire most "biking" trails are probably ok.
  
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Reply #9 - 11/21/13 at 11:42am
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Hopefully the same holds true for homes in the area.
  
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Reply #10 - 11/21/13 at 2:36pm
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Robert C. wrote on 11/21/13 at 11:42am:
Hopefully the same holds true for homes in the area.


And next time the FS recommends a controlled burn to eliminate fuels, these folks will let the FS do their job   Smiley

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Reply #11 - 11/21/13 at 2:53pm
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Clinton wrote on 11/21/13 at 2:36pm:


And next time the FS recommends a controlled burn to eliminate fuels, these folks will let the FS do their job   Smiley

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I am not sure I understand your comment.  It looks like it wasn't the Forest Service that jacked this up but someone else?


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Furthermore, the Pilot Mountain prescribed burn was a N.C. State Parks, not a Forest Service, project


Or was that your point and i just missed the sarcasm?
  
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Re: Linville / Pisgah Fires - Impacts to trails?
Reply #12 - 11/21/13 at 3:40pm
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Just a bit of smart-assery....Implying that sometimes it's a good idea to "reduce fuels", and if you don't, you're going to eventually have a fire anyway, and probably a lot bigger.
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