Ping
Have you ever been to the "Lure Resort" in Downieville? It's a bunch of small cabins right on the river. There are shared showers and (as I recall) power in the cabins nor any kitchen. So you have a nice bed to sleep in, a roof over your head, and the river a few feet from your front door. It is a wonderful place!
We used to have family vacations on Lake Almanor in Chester. It's good to see it on this proposed trail map.
This item in the article is astonishing: "the Beckwourth Complex and Dixie fires burned about 272 miles of the proposed Lost Sierra Route.” -- that is almost HALF of the total planned route miles! Ugh.
My son and I drove to Idaho three weeks ago and driving through all the burned-out forests in Northern California starting around Lake Shasta is SO SO dismaying.
We had a record-setting 40 days above 90F last summer here in North Idaho. We are hoping this summer is more back to normal and the "smoke season" is short and mild.
I'll be back in the Bay Area tomorrow for a month. I hit the South Bay trails in February and logged 45 miles.