Hi all,
I know everyone is wondering what is going on at Pico Blanco for Labor day Family Camp and the Dad and Lad camp. These events are tentatively scheduled for Sep 2-5 and then Sep 9-11.
The short answer is that we do not know what will happen for these camping dates. We just will not know anything until Cal Fire lets the Pico staff back in. As of yesterday the fire was at the main camp but no building where damaged at that time. Today at 6:00 pm there was a general meeting in Carmel Valley that I could not attend, so I do not know what today's fire has done.
If you are on Facebook, Pico has a FB page and is posting lots of info there.
We, as a pack are looking into other options for camping on the Labor day weekend.
Below is an excerpt from the latest Cal Fire info.
Fire update 7- 27- 16 6pm:
The fire has reached the main camp area according to the fire maps.
Cal Fire back burned the portions of the road and other sections of
camp today. This allows for the fire to be controlled.This will help
lessen the damage if the fire spreads again. Cal fire has been deployed
in camp to provide structure defense for the last few days with reports
of 6 large dozers making fire lines around our area.
The below images show that the fire did reach camp today entering close
enough to have one of the heat boxes be in the main camp area. We have
been told that there is no structure damage as of 5 pm today. The fire will
continue to move through and around camp over the next few days. Once
it's safe to have access to camp we will be requesting that from Cal
Fire so we can determine damages.
The work that was done by the
Beaver Patrol, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and contractors to make camp a
more fire safe camp has paid off. Cal Fire crews have commented that we
have one of the best-prepared areas they have encountered on this fire.
Our efforts will pay off with less damage to camp as a whole.
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