The Lake Fire burns 32,000 acres
- Lake Fire boundaries June 18 2015
- June 20 2015
- June 29 2015
- July 5 2015. Fire is almost fully contained.
SGWA volunteers are allowed a look at the burned areas along Poopout Hill road and the Aspen Grove in August of 2015.
- Horse Meadows cabins saved by firefighters
- Looking at Horse Meadows from Poopout Hill Rd
- New wilderness sign at Poopout Hill
- Bracken fern regrows quickly
- The fire exposes long-buried trash
- A hole where a rootball burnt away
- Where the Aspen Grove parking signage used to be
- New growth from aspen roots
- At the top of the Aspen Grove trail
- Heart Bar meadow
- Smoke still rises from a few spots
SGWA volunteers return to Poopout Hill and the Aspen Grove to document changes in November of 2015. A recent snowfall made a stark contrast between the blackened trees and the patches of snow.