Looking at a zoomed-out view on InciWeb this morning helped me to decide to NOT do a counter-clockwise route that goes through Boise and then north -- that's where the worst fires are burning.
So, I'm leaving on a clockwise-ish route (exact route undefined) that starts by taking me north of most of the trouble....heading towards Lewiston, ID (not sure where I'll end up today)...then either heading east on 12 or maybe continuing north on 95 before heading east to MT. If I head north that'll bias me towards going far enough north to visit that Bowman Lake area of Glacier. We'll see.
Actually, just getting out of Oregon, if I take the best route, requires I closely skirt the west side of the GC Complex fire, burning north of (and threatened) John Day, Oregon.
The only big "complex"-size fire in an area of my prime interest is the Gold Pan Complex on the Bitterroot N.F.in Idaho. Some of the suggested destinations may be out of the running because of this fire...but there are plenty of other cool places -- or so I've been promised.
By the way, a link on InciWeb brought up a different graphically-based wild-fire resource: GeoMAC viewer. Handy-cool...easily zoom-able, etc.
Happy trails, all!
So, I'm leaving on a clockwise-ish route (exact route undefined) that starts by taking me north of most of the trouble....heading towards Lewiston, ID (not sure where I'll end up today)...then either heading east on 12 or maybe continuing north on 95 before heading east to MT. If I head north that'll bias me towards going far enough north to visit that Bowman Lake area of Glacier. We'll see.
Actually, just getting out of Oregon, if I take the best route, requires I closely skirt the west side of the GC Complex fire, burning north of (and threatened) John Day, Oregon.
The only big "complex"-size fire in an area of my prime interest is the Gold Pan Complex on the Bitterroot N.F.in Idaho. Some of the suggested destinations may be out of the running because of this fire...but there are plenty of other cool places -- or so I've been promised.
By the way, a link on InciWeb brought up a different graphically-based wild-fire resource: GeoMAC viewer. Handy-cool...easily zoom-able, etc.
Happy trails, all!