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As a result of the Heaven's Peak Fire in 1936, two lookouts, one on Swiftcurrent Mountain and the other on Heaven's Peak, and a fire trail are constructed in the vicinity of this blaze.
Today the lookout on Swiftcurrent Mountain remains as an active monument to those two weeks of fire activity and the people whose lives were touched by that dramatic incident.
Ray Kinley perhaps best expressed the sentiment of those whose lives were touched by the Heaven's Peak Fire. When asked what it was like, he turned his head just a little, got a twinkle of recognition in his eye. Selected his words carefully, he offered, "It was as if we were all in Dante-Land - - the Inferno, don't you know."
http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/Hi ... storm.html This link includes narratives so it's a great read.
As to the 2003 fire, this is what the ranger said: There was no mistaking it when Trapper decided to make its move. I was looking right at it when it did. That wimpy white column suddenly grew tall, turned to brown, then black. Then it was wider ... and moving. I remember calling the Fire Cache and trying to sound calm, controlled — but feeling that this was pretty darn outrageous and that they’d better get on the stick and DO something. “It’s crowning!” I remember saying, and it was … and moving fast. http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/In ... 004Win.pdf
Today the lookout on Swiftcurrent Mountain remains as an active monument to those two weeks of fire activity and the people whose lives were touched by that dramatic incident.
Ray Kinley perhaps best expressed the sentiment of those whose lives were touched by the Heaven's Peak Fire. When asked what it was like, he turned his head just a little, got a twinkle of recognition in his eye. Selected his words carefully, he offered, "It was as if we were all in Dante-Land - - the Inferno, don't you know."
http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/Hi ... storm.html This link includes narratives so it's a great read.
As to the 2003 fire, this is what the ranger said: There was no mistaking it when Trapper decided to make its move. I was looking right at it when it did. That wimpy white column suddenly grew tall, turned to brown, then black. Then it was wider ... and moving. I remember calling the Fire Cache and trying to sound calm, controlled — but feeling that this was pretty darn outrageous and that they’d better get on the stick and DO something. “It’s crowning!” I remember saying, and it was … and moving fast. http://www.glacierparkfoundation.org/In ... 004Win.pdf
Jul 31 2018