Cameron Peak Fire Estes Park

The cameron peak fire moved south into the remote northern part of rocky mountain national p.

Cameron peak fire estes park. The williams fork fire is active in the arapaho national forest in grand county. Winds w at 5 to 10 mph. On the south end the fire pushed out of the comanche peak wilderness area and toward the colorado state university mountain campus prompting mandatory evacuations of residents and business owners in the monument gulch and pingree park areas and the area. Winds w at 10 to 15 mph.

The cameron peak fire shown in pink is within 5 miles of rocky mountain national park rocky mountain incident management team crews fighting the cameron peak fire 40 miles west of fort collins. The cameron peak fire burning around the poudre canyon exploded to more than 102 000 acres on labor day weekend before snow came and paused its movement for the time being. A tree between boulder and estes park stands out against the smoke plume from the cameron peak fire on sunday sept. The fire team will be focusing resources on creating defensive lines where the fire has the potential to move toward glen haven and estes park.

Fires in surrounding areas include the cameron peak fire which is active in the arapaho roosevelt national forest in larimer county and moved into the remote northern portion of rocky mountain national park on september 5. See a map of closures in roosevelt national forest. A photo from the cameron peak fire facebook page shows the devastation the flames are leaving behind. There are no fires in estes park.

A big improvement from tuesday containment. The cameron peak fire burns thursday evening seen from trail ridge road west of estes park. Friday saw another day of critical fire weather and very active fire. Partly to mostly cloudy.

On wednesday sept 30 fire activity on the cameron peak fire cpf was described as moderate and the total acres consumed are still listed as 125 006. The fire has burned more than 60 000 acres west of fort collins colo. Estes park co 80517 today. While we hope the actions of the firefighters will help stop growth of the fire toward our valley the return of fire weather conditions and abundant fuel mean we all must be prepared for this possibility.