lurker-1969 t1_irs9ydm wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:29 PM

Gold Bar is right there so you will have major smoke issues. No rain in sight for at least 10 days.

digbutt OP t1_irsagb6 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:32 PM

What kind of issues? Just poor air quality?

intrepidated t1_irshpin wrote on October 10, 2022 at 6:21 PM

I think that's an understatement. Basically it'll be unhealthy to be outside at all. But it's not like you're going to get evacuated - fire lines are keeping the fire from heading towards any populated areas so it's burning off in the other direction. Road closures will be your other main issue as burned trees and rocks tumble down from the hills.

Reality is - if you have an option to not go, then don't. Why put up with all that? You're not going to enjoy it.

hoehater t1_irsijpt wrote on October 10, 2022 at 6:26 PM

Those road closures are out towards skykomish as is the fire. The fire isn’t quite as close to gold bar as everybody thinks.

intrepidated t1_irsqyfn wrote on October 10, 2022 at 7:24 PM

Yeah, I wasn't thinking in Gold Bar itself (I mean, Gold Bar is like 2 blocks long lol). More like if they wanted to head east to do anything, road closure could be a problem. Air quality is bad everywhere, and particularly bad in that specific area given how close the fire is. We cancelled our camping trip in Chelan (from the west) simply because we didn't want to deal with any of that and have no idea if the air quality will be red or green those days.

Huge_Requirement9200 t1_irshnn5 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 6:20 PM

There were wildfire evacuations just up the road in Index not too long ago. Thing can go sideways quickly. Friends in the area are saying that aqi is regularly in 300-400 range via purple air. If the purpose of your trip is recreational I'd cancel.