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David D.
Trad climber
California
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Nov 20, 2014 - 11:30am PT
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My partner and I climbed Midterm the morning of the Dog Rock fire, and those trees were still there at the time. We lounged under them beating the morning heat after climbing. If people climbing there immediately after noticed the cut limbs, then it seems likely they were cut down by fire personnel.
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CF
climber
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Nov 29, 2014 - 08:23pm PT
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Cut for the dog rock fire, they use talus fields and cliffs to help with fire breaks
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Nov 29, 2014 - 09:01pm PT
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Please elaborate, Chris.
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Nov 30, 2014 - 07:39pm PT
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Anyone who has climbed at Arch has sat in the shade of these trees. The removal is upsetting as it was always such a pristine place, the white granite, bay and oak trees at the base of Arch. It looks really bad now. They appear to have spread the dead branches on the hillside below in an attempt to focus the use trails. I'm not sure who was behind this, but can only hope there was some, however ill founded, fire related reason to do the damage
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CF
climber
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Nov 30, 2014 - 08:10pm PT
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At home in ep when there is a power surge, just like what happened in the el portal fire. Look outside, see fire by dog rock, our foresta rental home is straight above that! Not again! Race through fire to foresta where I rake and water for days while the fire rages just over the ridge. On the scanner they talk about creating huge fire break line from arch rock entrance station up as it is a natural fire break. Look how much they cut around the entrance station.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Jan 19, 2015 - 11:35am PT
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Got to Arch for the first time this winter, finally had a look - if it was a fire-break effort, it was the most half-assed work I've seen any fire crew leave behind themselves.
Fire crews run things airtight, from what I've seen. Not ones for taking half measures. Just another easy opinion, but what you see at the base of Arch is far from their standard.
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