Grizzly Creek Fire August 23, 2020 Update

Grizzly Creek Fire Inciweb Great Basin IMT

Yesterday’s Activity: Saturday was a moderate day of fire activity on the Grizzly Fire Situation: Creek Fire. Crews completed containment on the eastern flank from Coffee Pot Grizzly Creek Fire – 30,362 acres to Bair Ranch to I-70. A few pockets of heavy fuels are still burning in the Spruce Ridge area further south on the eastern flank. Crews continued to make progress Start Date: Aug. 10 and conducted patrols and mop up along the southern perimeter. In some Location: areas, fire was held up in aspen and sage due to the differences in how fuels burn and is smoldering. To the west, firefighters established direct line in steeper Containment: 30% portions of Bear Creek and reinforced established containment lines. To the north, crews established road infrastructure to provide access for firefighting. Resources: They also finished indirect line along the Transfer Trail. Hand Crews: 15 Helicopters: 7 Today’s Activity: With more hot and dry weather in store for today, firefighters Engines: 41 can expect active fire behavior. Burnout operations will continue near Spruce Water Tenders: 12 Ridge and to the south of Bair Ranch. Since the potential for fire growth remains, Dozers 11 Feller bunchers and other logging crews will monitor hot spots from the air and ground. Crews are conducting mop equipment up and patrol along contained fire line to minimize the risk of escape. To the Total Personnel: 811 north of the fire perimeter, crews will work on the road system to respond as fire progresses out of Grizzly and No Name Creeks. Mapping near Adventure Park InciWeb: will help crews evaluate reopening that area. A Burned Area Emergency https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6942/ Response (BAER) team has begun an initial assessment of the fire’s impact on Facebook: soils and vegetation and will address long-term restoration to the fire area. The https://www.facebook.com/GrizzlyCreekF team will assess the severity for debris flow in steep areas to I-70 and will assess ireCO water quality concerns for Glenwood Springs. Twitter: @fire_grizzly

Fire Information Line: Daily operations video updates will be posted on the Grizzly Creek Fire facebook (970) 930-1850 page. Maps and other information will also be posted on inciweb at Media Line: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6942/. (970) 930-1089 Office Hours: 7am-10pm Evacuations: Please go to Garfield County website at www.Garfield-county.com and Eagle County at www.ecemergency.org, as well as on official Facebook Email: [email protected] accounts.

Road Closures:

I-70 continues to be closed between Glenwood Springs (MP 116) and Gypsum (MP 140), with no estimated time for reopening. Forest Service Road 400, Eagle-Thomasville Road, is closed due to excessive traffic and accidents resulting from drivers attempting to use this primarily dirt road as an alternate to the I-70 closure. Coffee Pot Road, and Transfer Trail roads and areas of the Flattops accessed by those roads are also closed, as well as many surrounding White River National Forest and BLM roads. Beginning 8/23 Cottonwood Pass open for critical local passenger vehicle traffic. See details at this link: http://www.ecemergency.org/2020/08/cottonwood-pass-to-open-to-local.html For more information regarding road closures: www.cotrip.org

Area Closures: BLM recreation sites and boat ramps on the southern portion of the River Road (RD 301) near Dotsero, Colorado. Specifically, Cottonwood Landing boat ramp, Lyons campground and boat ramp, and Dotsero boat ramp.

Fire Restrictions: Stage 2 Fire Restrictions are in place for all jurisdictions. https://colorado.gov/pacific/dfpc/fire-restriction- information

A temporary flight restriction is in place over the fire area. If you fly, we can’t http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/