Fire Ecology Loop

1. Fire Ecology Loop

2. At a Glance • Location: Within the Scenic Loop, just before mile 11 at Pine Creek Trailhead • Length: ¾ miles round trip for loop only; 1¼ miles round trip total • Difficulty: Easy-Moderate; 300 foot elevation gain • Estimated Minimum Hike Time: 50 minutes • Facilities: Two vault toilets at trailhead. No water available.

3. N The Trail

4. What is Fire Ecology? Fire Ecology looks at fire and how it effects the plants, animals, and ecosystem. Fire is an important and natural part of nature. Sometimes we set small fires known as prescribed burns to prevent big forest fires from happening later. That’s been done on part of this trail.

5. The start of the trail

6. The beginning is steep. Be careful!

7. There are some interesting rocks along the way

8. It’ll be more flat from now on

9. Starting the loop part of the trail

10. There’s a couple of stairs Stairs

11. Then it loops around

12. The dry creek bed

13. Across and back on the trail

14. There’s some signs

15. Then we loop back around

16. Up a couple of stairs Stairs

17. To the end of the loop part of the trail

18. We’re almost done

19. Just have to make it back up the hill!

20. You can do it!

21. We made it!

22. Now it’s the lizard’s turn to hike!