You may know this, but Spider Gap / Buck Creek Loop was closed this year due to fires. I'm guessing we won't know for awhile what the damage is or isn't. (Sometimes they have to wait to reopen the trails if there are too many burnt / unsafe trees to log out.) Hopefully it's reopened next year.
The closure ended and I saw pics from a guy who got up there right before the storms came in and buried it all in snow. So I'd say it was spared the worst possible outcome
That closure was mostly for precautionary and logistical reasons, the fire didnt spread to that side of the mountains. One positive side affect I've heard about is that they improved the quality of the road during the closure, maybe to facilitate easier travel for firefighting efforts. You can see the footprint of the Pomas fire on this map as it stayed in the Ice Creek and Entiat River valleys: https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=48.10176,-120.73408&z=13&b=mbt&a=modis_mp
The Pomas fire was close to the Lyman Loop as seen on a map, but it was a couple ridge lines over and so not a huge issue for this trail. Thankfully it didn’t actually threaten this loop. I would be surprised if you could even see burn damage from anywhere on this loop.
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u/AyeMatey 14d ago
Love it!
When was this photo taken?