We have cabins up Ute Pass. The fire fighters are trying to contain the fire North of Hwy 24 ( Ute Pass Hwy), there are reservoirs in the area and there are some good info streams so that one can see the boundaries of the fire. The bad news is the forests are filled with plenty of fuel to include lots of beetle killed pine, temperatures are high and conditions are so dry. Big time thank you goes out to those fighting the fire!
I was looking at an old picture taken not far from the area I am referring to and there were not nearly so many trees. Most of the large hotels built up Ute Pass back at the turn of the century burned down, it did not occur to me until now that some probably went when forest fires came through. It is easy to forget what power nature has...I have been in and around forest fires before, to see 40'-70' flame up in trees, let alone 100'+ and know that the fire can double in size overnight is very humbling...
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