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Garnet Ghost Town remains closed due to Anderson Hill Fire

Garnet Ghost Town remains closed due to Anderson Hill Fire

Garnet Ghost Town remains closed due to Anderson Hill Fire

Wildfire forces closure of Garnet Ghost Town

Wildfire forces closure of Garnet Ghost Town MTN News and last updated 2021-07-16 15:50:01-04 MISSOULA — A popular Western Montana tourist attraction is being closed down due to a wildfire. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced that due to a wildfire burning about a mile east of Garnet Ghost Town, the historic site and surrounding area are temporarily closed. The closure order takes effect immediately for BLM lands in most of the southwestern portion of the Garnet Mountains from Elevation Mountain on the northeast to I-90 on the south. This closure does not affect the Copper Cliff area, the Chamberlain area northeast of Elevation Mountain, lands to east of Douglas Creek, or BLM-managed lands within several miles of I-90.

Forest Fires Sending Even More Smoke Into Missoula And Bitterroot

Forest Fires Sending Even More Smoke Into Missoula And Bitterroot Smoke tells the story - Western Montana is filling up with area forest fire smoke. Air quality has been getting worse on a daily basis as the fires continue to grow and are joined by new lightning-caused blazes. Stage 2 fire restrictions (campfires prohibited) are becoming the norm. In Idaho, the Snake River Complex is now over 102,000 acres and is near other large blazes in western Idaho and eastern Washington. The Dixie-Jumbo Fires are over 24,000 acres 60 miles west of the Bitterroot Valley, south of Grangeville, Idaho. At Lolo Pass, the thousand-acre Granite Pass Complex has caused closure of Lolo Pass Hot Springs and speed restrictions on US Highway 12 going over the pass into Idaho. About 30 miles north of Orofino, Idaho, the Cougar Rock Fire is over 3,360 acres in size.