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Flying on 10/28/2000 - Walker Ranch Fire & Continental Divide

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Simon & Idgie tied down during preflight. The main part of the fire looking south. Where we started the backburn that saved the day.
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Barker Reservoir and the town of Nederland.  The Lake Eldora Ski area in the background.  Above it & left is Rollins Pass - a good place to cross the divide. The old mining town of Gold Hill about a 30 min. drive west of Boulder.

The Continental Divide.

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Longs Peak