Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

Here are a couple of before and after shots. The Poopout Hill one is bad, the Dry Lake one is not.

Poopout Hill Last November:

Hi Mom October 2014 004 by zippetydude, on Flickr

Poopout Hill August 1, 2015 (Photo by Photo Bob of SGWA, originally posted on the San Gorgonio Wilderness Bulletin Board):

Poopout Post Fire by zippetydude, on Flickr

Looks pretty bad.


Dry Lake seems to have suffered very little damage, here's the before shot:

Dry Lake 2 by zippetydude, on Flickr

Here's the after picture. Looks like mostly low lying brush burned. This one was originally posted by PatrickO on the San G site.

Dry Lake by zippetydude, on Flickr

I'll post more comparison shots as they become available. Thanks to Photo Bob and PatrickO!

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Thanks for posting these. We have lost so much of our wild forests to fires in the last few years. It feels bad to think about the meaning of it all.

More pics /36/ and info in OC Register story

"Paradise lost, scarred or spared: Looking at how the Lake Fire impacted the San Bernardino Mountains"

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire ... d-san.html

South Fork trail looking toward Sugarloaf:



(never mind the Baden-Powell limber pine pic, for reference only, hah)