{"id":775,"date":"2011-06-17T11:47:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T17:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=775"},"modified":"2011-06-17T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T17:47:36","slug":"fire-danger-to-close-sandias-monday-62011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=775","title":{"rendered":"Fire Danger To Close Sandias Monday, 6\/20\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABQJournal Online \u00c2\u00bb Breaking: Fire Danger To Close Sandias<\/a> <\/p>\n

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By Journal Staff<\/a> on Fri, Jun 27, 2008<\/p>\n

A large portion of the Sandia Mountains is expected to close Monday.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are in extreme fire danger that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never seen before,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  said Sandia District Ranger Cid Morgan.
All picnic areas along the Sandia Crest Highway (N.M. 536) should remain open except for Nine Mile and Cienega Picnic Ground, but all back country hiking trails will be closed<\/font>. The Foothill Trail will remain open.<\/font><\/p>\n

Karen Takai, fire information officer for the Sandia Ranger District, said N.M. 165 will be closed from Placitas to the Balsam Glade Picnic Area except by special permit. Takai emphasized that the trail closures will including the popular La Luz Trail and the trail between the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway and Sandia Peak<\/font>. The tram and the peak will remain open.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ABQJournal Online \u00c2\u00bb Breaking: Fire Danger To Close Sandias<\/a><\/p>\n

ABQJournal Online \u00c2\u00bb Maps of Area Forest Closures<\/a> <\/p>\n

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OPEN areas include<\/font> <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Sandia Crest Observation Area, Sandia Peak Tram and associated facilities, Sandia Peak Ski Area and associated facilities, and Sandia Crest House <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Recreation Day Use Sites: Cienega Canyon, Sulphur Canyon, Pine Flat, Doc Long (front of site only), Balsam Glade. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Sandia Ranger District Administrative Site and the Tijeras Pueblo Interpretive Trail. <\/p>\n

Open Trails: Those portions of Forest Trail 365, including secondary trails associated with Forest Trail 365, outside of the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, and South of the Tram. <\/p>\n

Sandia Peak Ski Area mountain bike\/hiking trails within the ski area <\/p>\n

Open Roads: <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Forest Road 190 to Cienega Canyon Day Use Area. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Forest Road 242 <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Forest Road 413 <\/p>\n

The open areas are still under Stage II Fire Restrictions which include no smoking, fireworks, fires, stoves, grills, or open flame ; COLD PICKNICKING ONLY.<\/font> No Dispersed Day Use and\/or Camping is allowed along open Forest Service Roads or along State Highway 165.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ABQJournal Online \u00c2\u00bb Maps of Area Forest Closures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABQJournal Online \u00c2\u00bb Breaking: Fire Danger To Close Sandias By Journal Staff on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 A large portion of the Sandia Mountains is expected to close Monday. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are in extreme fire danger that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never seen before,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  said Sandia District Ranger Cid Morgan. All picnic areas along the Sandia Crest Highway (N.M. … Continue reading Fire Danger To Close Sandias Monday, 6\/20\/11<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drought","category-newmexico","category-wildlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}