Ballard Road

[Tom]

Just got home and will post pics tomorrow. I did most of Ballard may have missed a short spur or two. When I went up Buckhorn there was a puff of smoke on the ridge to the North. While I was wheeling the fire blew up and turned massive. When I got down to 44h the entire canyon was closed so I had to evacuate. Didn't get to West White Pine Mtn, or Moody because of the fire. Had loads of fun though on Ballard. OBTW Trail Damage info on Ballard kind of sucks. More later.





My route

[Java]

Those photos are fantastic. I'm glad you evacuated safely!!!!!!

[Brad]

Wow! Amazing pics! Thanks!

[Jackie]

That would've scared me to death. SO GLAD you got out safely. Fantastic pics. Thanks for sharing.

[RonnieD]

Glad you got out safe! Thanks for the pics and vid.

[Rob]

Holy cow! That looks a little too close for comfort.

[glacierpaul]

Very nice pic's Tom, and yes, it is a good thing you got out!

[Talus]

We got a chance to get out a bit late (after lunch) yesterday and considered heading up towards Ballard Road (from Loveland). We saw the smoke from the fire expanding rapidly so we decided to do Pole Hill Road instead- we figured everything beyond Masonville would be closed. The plume was massive- even from Loveland and Pole Hill.

[Tom]

Talus previously posted:

[Funrover]

WOW!!! That fire is getting big and fast. Thanks for the pictures!

[Michael4rnr]

Amazing pictures of the fire.

[Tom]

More pics of this area and the fire here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0105081&type=1

[Chris]

Nice work Tom, the photos of the helicopter give a great perspective of the size of the fire.