8/20/2014 Final Lone Mountain 1 Fire Update

	FINAL  UPDATE
	Lone Mountain 1 Fire

                              Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Due to the success in management of the Lone Mountain 1 Fire by the Wildland Fire Management Team, the fire is being turned over to the local unit, North Cascades National Park, to continue to monitor and manage the fire.  This will be the Final Update unless conditions change and additional information updates are needed.

The Lone Mountain 1 Fire is burning in the North Cascades National Park northeast of the community of Stehekin. The fire was started by lightning on July 14th. The fire is burning in steep and remote country of the Stephen Mather Wilderness.  The North Cascades National Park, Fire District #10, and the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest have selected a point protection and modified suppression strategy to manage this fire.

The Golden West Visitor Center and all services in Stehekin are open. Boulder Creek Trail and War Creek Trails are closed to the public until further notice.  This fire is not affecting the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).

Rain on Aug 13 and 14 and the cooler and damper conditions reduced fire activity. The drying trend, which started Aug 16, did not create any significant fire activity.   For the last several days there has been minimal fire activity, primarily smoldering, and no fire growth.  Similar minimal activity is expected until a "fire season ending event" of additional rains occurs.

Type 1 Wildland Fire Modules were assigned to the fire specifically to conduct monitoring and point protection.   Helicopter water bucket work was conducted as part of the strategy of modified suppression to manage the fire.    During a month of active burning on the 2,770 acre Lone Mountain Fire, firefighters held the fire away from the Stehekin community and out of the Twisp River drainage, while allowing it to create a mosaic of burned and unburned areas in the high mountains. 

                                                               

For additional information and pictures of the Lone Mountain 1 Fire, see: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3978/

For the latest fire information for all fires in Washington and elsewhere, go to: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/49/