New Fire on Baldy (Vista Fire)

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My dad just texted me he saw smoke around baldy and I got this on the wilson cam.
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From table mountain cam:
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bailey peak
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That's a really nice area. Damn.
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Lots of air activity around there right now: https://www.flightradar24.com/N8PQ/3608dd6f
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dima wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2024 2:09 pm Lots of air activity around there right now: https://www.flightradar24.com/N8PQ/3608dd6f
I counted 7 aircraft on it right now
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Does that mean it started near Stockton Flat?
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Sean wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2024 2:54 pm Does that mean it started near Stockton Flat?
my guess based on where the road is and that rock scar on the right, the start is around here
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CalFire map just dropped. 100 acres as of now :(
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Had you heard of Bailey Peak before?
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Incident page.

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Sean wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2024 3:43 pm Had you heard of Bailey Peak before?
I think? I used their cam
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Nat Fire Sit Aware - Their hot spot detectors show something in Baldy Bowl and something on Thunder right now (15:56). I hope these are backpacking stove review and false positive.

EDIT to add: Alert Wildfire Cams in that area - of which Bailey Peak is one
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Tom Kenney wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2024 3:57 pm EDIT to add: Alert Wildfire Cams in that area - of which Bailey Peak is one
Oh, Bailey Peak is east of Cajon Pass.
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I seen it from the 210 freeway.
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flight radar shows 2 tankers working it. 4:30 pm.
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Less than a mile from baldy ski area :o
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Baldy ski area Facebook post video shows flames very close to ski area.
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GOES sat is showing lots of heat now
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I was on the San Bernardino Peak trail today and could see the fire. I also heard helicopters probably dropping water or fire retardant.

Now there's the Poppy fire by Agua Dulce.
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Mt. Baldy Resort's FB page has a good video of operations up there.
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They've posted a closure order for the Vista Fire. It affects trails around Baldy and Lytle Creek.
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So the whole Icehouse Canyon area is closed?? Doesn't that seem a bit excessive?
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dima wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:28 am So the whole Icehouse Canyon area is closed?? Doesn't that seem a bit excessive?
I suspect they don't want hikers causing issues for the containment crews around Baldy.
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From the service road/Devil's Backbone I took these photos of the aftermath.
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Doesn't look too too bad.
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So access to our public lands is now governed by a private business? https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/angeles/ ... ?aid=89397

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If you want to hike PCT just buy a ski lift ticket! Makes a lot of sense.
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Blaise wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 10:04 pm If you want to hike PCT just buy a ski lift ticket! Makes a lot of sense.
The closed portion of the PCT is largely within the SBNF and thus not covered by a lift ticket.
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I think Blaise's tongue-in-cheek point was that you can't enter the closure area presumably for public safety reasons, but if you're willing to pay a private third-party business some money, all of the sudden those safety reasons disappear. Amazing how that works.
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