Welcome to Part 2 (Part 1 is BELOW this post)! As you see we took tons of photos not knowing who could get up there to see this for themselves. As always, photos just don’t do “justice” to this sad event. But for those of you who know the area but can’t come see it as it is now, hopefully these photos will give you some idea of the damage. Our hope is to take photos periodically and post them here for those interested. That way you can watch our precious forest as it re-grows! (Double-click on photos for larger/lighter views.)
Here are the photos from the Forest Service gate into the Basin up to Horsethief Lake, the Summer Homes and the Tennis Courts/swings:
Gate to Horsethief Basin:
Main road looking east at the back side of Lane Mountain before heading into Horsethief Basin:
Approaching basin looking east on main road:
Horsethief Trail entering Basin:
as above but looking NE:
and then looking south:
Main road looking east approaching upper part of Horsethief Lake:
Fried power pole and transformer north of lake:
East from main road north of Lake:
Down power lines north of Lake:
Main road looking south above Lake:
Soot in Horsethief Lake:
Looking at the back side of Lane Mountain from the lake:
But YEAH!! Look how green and gorgeous it still is around the lake!!!
Another lake shoreline shot–oooh but the green is so much more appreciated when the surroundings are blackened!!
Horsethief Dam looking NE:
Soot in the lake from the dam:
Front of the lake looking NE:
South side of the lake/lakeshore:
West side above the lake:
East side of the lake road:
Between the lake and the heliport:
North side of the main road between lake road and cabins:
North side of the main road before the pump house:
Cabin owners’ water pump house:
Old store location:
Old entrance to store:
Main road approaching cabins–backburn???
Main road approaching cabins–definitely back burned area:
Cabins 1 & 2 and the backburned area:
From the back porch of our cabin (#4):
Between Cabins 4 and 5 (backburn):
From Cabin 5 back porch west toward the lake:
From Cabin 5 back porch:
Backburn from the porch of cabin 5:
Overlooking tennis courts and the old rental cabin area:
Soot run off on outer Summer Home loop road:
From tennis courts–backburn??
Swings at tennis courts:
Baby swings and rain/soot runoff:
Looking above the lake to the east from Horsethief Basin Heliport:
Lane Mountain from Horsethief Basin Heliport:
Main road heading out of the Basin:
West side of the main road heading out of the Basin:
Remnants of a lost house along Luke’s Hoist:
T-t-t-that’s all folks! We’re amazed at how skillfully what was saved was saved! We have much to be thankful for–it could have been so much worse!
Les and Becky Payne
