Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Checking conditions and firefighting tactics on the Colorado wildfires.
We'll review updated mapping for the Aspen Acres, Willow, Gold Mountain, and Snyder Fires, as well as the Pocket Fire, in Arizona.
7:30pm, PST, 7/2/2026

00:00 – Intro, overview, Aspen Acres setup
04:59 – Beulah/Aspen spread and structure protection
09:10 – Aspen Acres weather shift, safety concerns
13:28 – Willow Fire: burn it into rocks
17:36 – Ouray: Cutler Creek, steep terrain
21:28 – Ouray Fire: Building the “box” with roads
25:13 – Ouray Fire: Dozer vs. handline on slopes
29:23 – IC role, politics, priorities
34:02 – Aspen Acres new perimeter: Fire runs toward Rye
37:53 – Ferris Fire crosses Dolores River
42:05 – Ferris: logging slash and piles
45:52 – Ferris: tactics adjust as fire advances
49:37 – Babylon Fire: remote, limited options
52:56 – Pocket Fire: firing along old firelines, mellow fire in recent burns
56:30 – Cottonwood: Only two areas of fire spread, fire is old fire scar
56:30 – Wild Goose: minimal recent growth


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