Portions of The San Jacinto Mountains Re-Open to Visitors
Incident: Mountain Wildfire
Released: 57 min. ago
US Forest Service and California State Park officials plan to re-open portions of the San Jacinto Mountains on Thursday, August 1 on the National Forest and Friday, August 2 on the Mt. San Jacinto State Park.
The areas were closed as a result of the Mountain Fire that started on July 15 and burned 27,531 acres.
The areas slated to reopen include all areas of the National Forest north of the San Jacinto State Park, including Marion Mountain, Seven Pines and the Deer Springs trails, and Lake Fulmor.
Marion Mountain, Dark Canyon, Boulder Basin and Black Mountain and Fern Basin campgrounds will also re-open.
Visitors to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will able to recreate in the Long Valley area, but will not be allowed to hike into the remainder of the Mt. San Jacinto State Park. Mt. San Jacinto State Park plans to open Little Round Valley Camp, Strawberry Junction Camp and the areas west of the Deer Springs Trail.
The Pacific Crest Trail will remain closed from Strawberry Camp / Strawberry Junction to State Highway 74 in Garner Valley. Through hikers will need to detour the fire area using either Marion Mountain or Deer Springs trail, to State Highway 243 and State Highway 74.
Forest and park officials plan to re-evaluate the closure areas over the coming weeks to identify other areas that may be eligible to re-open as safety and resource protection concerns are addressed.
For more information:
Mt. San Jacinto State Park (951) 569- 2607 or http://www.parks.ca.gov/ page_id=636
San Jacinto Ranger District (909) 382-2921 or http://www.fs.usda.gov/sbnf
Source: Inciweb.org
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