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Brush Corral, Burro Fire Burn - 7/30/2017

Created by Charles Miles on 8/10/2017.

2017 July View from near the end of the Upper Brush Corral Trail
2017 July View from near the end of the Upper Brush Corral Trail. Charles Miles. 7/30/2017.

Up to the junction with the [link slug="brush-corral-shortcut-trail"/] there is no evidence of the Burro Fire on the [link slug="upper-brush-corral-trail"/] - and even below the junction it takes some time to enter areas touched by the fire. But as you get closer to ridge where the Brush Corral Trail devolves into an off-trail route areas burned in the fire start to appear.

2017 July New Grass on the Brush Corral Trail after the Burro Fire
2017 July New Grass on the Brush Corral Trail after the Burro Fire: New Grass on the Brush Corral Trail after the Burro Fire. Charles Miles. 7/30/2017.

Lower on the trail the impact of the burn is more severe but, somehow, maybe because some of this area burned in the 2002 Bullock Fire, the changes in this area don't seem as shocking as on the top of Guthrie Mountain. The [link slug="upper-brush-corral-trail"/] down into the more obscure part of the trail below the [link slug="brush-corral-shortcut-trail"/] junction is definitely an interesting way to get a first hand look at the impact of the Burro Fire.

2017 July Looking Across the Burro Fire Burn
2017 July Looking Across the Burro Fire Burn. Charles Miles. 7/30/2017.
2017 July Burro Fire Manzanita
2017 July Burro Fire Manzanita. Charles Miles. 7/30/2017.

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