Fire?

[Auntie Hope]

This should go without saying, but....

If you have asthma or other breathing problems DO BRING your medication with you! 

Auntie Hope 

[Cindy Lou]

Another bluebird day in Dgo today.  Not windy either. If the weather stays like this for TBF it'll be perfect!  It was actually kinda hot today, compared to the last couple of weeks.

[meanderingjeeper]

Flying into Denver from Boston yesterday I was amazed at how far the smoke covers Colorado especially up and down the front range.   Visibility was minimal and the smell is definitely in the air

 Listening to: fans blowing

[wngsfn99]

So I just checked out the visittelluride.com webcam and it appears to be a bit hazy in the box canyon...hopefully the winds die down and they get a handle on this fire in the next few days!

[BBQKingPhx]

We're coming from Phoenix and were just talking about if we would be inconvenienced on our way to Telluride later this week.  Last year we got re-routed on our way back from festi due to fires.  We spent a lot of time on the phone with ADOT trying to get updates on highways that had been closed.  I know in AZ there is a quick hotline you can reach by dialing 511 (I think), not quite sure of the out-of-state number we used to check on our way back.  Their website, http://www.azdot.gov/ has interactive maps that can sometimes be useful for planning around closures, etc.  We are leaving Friday so if we come across any closures causing us problems between now and then we'll post 'em in the forum.

Update: found the out-of-state ADOT number: (Outside Arizona, dial 1-888-411-ROAD (7623) or 602-523-0244)

[Debbiefromtucson]

Today is the first day that the smoke is thick in Tucson..

[Debbiefromtucson]

anyone get through and get info.... computer system on ohone being weird or I'm in too much a rush.... worried about our route through the WHite Mountains ... anyone have an update?

[ShatteredArm]

anyone get through and get info.... computer system on ohone being weird or I'm in too much a rush.... worried about our route through the WHite Mountains ... anyone have an update?

The US-191 is for sure closed.  I suspect you'd be going through Show Low, however, and I wouldn't think there'd be any closures that far west.

Also, the smoke in Tucson is probably from the fire between Tubac and Arivaca.

[Hippie]

SR 273, SR 261, US 180, and SR 260 are all closed in the Springerville area.

SR 77 , US 60 through Globe is open to Show Low

[Debbiefromtucson]

191 N or 491 N.. ?????????  through  St  Johns or Snowflake N. to 40 to Gallup and then N. to Reservation?

[ShatteredArm]

191 N or 491 N.. ?????????  through  St  Johns or Snowflake N. to 40 to Gallup and then N. to Reservation?

191 would only be closed south of Eager/Springerville.  So you could probably take SR-70/US-60 to Show Low, US-60 to SR-61, SR-61 to St. Johns, and US-191 up to I-40.  Unless there is a new fire on the other side of the White Mountains this week, that route should be OK.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=I-10+W&daddr=I-40+E&hl=en&geocode=FZwC7AEdPnVi-Q%3BFQAhHgId6pyE-Q&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=7&sll=33.67864,-110.632324&sspn=4.241531,8.525391&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=7

[Debbiefromtucson]

They have just closed the entire Coronado National Forest......

[FaceOnMars]

lots of smoke in Telluride today, didn't seem bad yesterday when I landed in Durango from a trip to see furthur @ shoreline ... hopefully the fires will settle down easy and/or a nice dose of rain would help lots!

[fundirector23]

WHOA!   Just getting off Phish tour and back to reality--have only heard a tiny bit about the fires in AZ...didn't have any clue they were smoking out all of southwest Colorado too!  I sure hope the wind calms and these get contained.

[zack_adcock]

Any smoke updates from the box canyon?