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Front Country Prescribed Fire

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Unit Information

Rocky Mountain National Park 
1000 Highway 36 Estes Park Colorado 80517 
Colorado 
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Rocky Mountain National Park 
1000 Highway 36 Estes Park Colorado 80517 
Colorado 
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Incident Contacts

  • Rocky Mountain National Park Information Office
    Phone:
    (970) 586-1206
    Hours:
    8 a.m. - 4 p.m. M-F; 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sa-Su

Photographs Gallery

Firefighters begin firing a portion of the Front Country Prescribed Fire on November 2
Three firefighters, some carrying drip torches light fire. The foreground is black, having already burned; flames are visible behind them with unburned vegetation including grass, brush, and trees behind them.
Three firefighters, some carrying drip torches light fire. The foreground is black, having already burned; flames are visible behind them with unburned vegetation including grass, brush, and trees behind them.
Firefighters begin firing a portion of the Front Country Prescribed Fire on November 2

Firefighters begin firing a portion of the Front Country Prescribed Fire on November 2. 

Firefighters on Test Fire, Front Country Prescribed Fire, November 2
Firefighters light the a fire on a rocky outcrop surrounded by trees
Firefighters light the a fire on a rocky outcrop surrounded by trees
Firefighters on Test Fire, Front Country Prescribed Fire, November 2

Firefighters light the test fire on day 2 of the Front Country Prescribed Fire in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Front Country Prescribed Fire test fire, November 1
Firefighters lighting the test fire on the Front Country Prescribed Fire. Firefighters standing in a meadow of brown grass with scattered ponderosa pine behind. Smoke rises from a line of fire burning grass among the firefighters.
Firefighters lighting the test fire on the Front Country Prescribed Fire. Firefighters standing in a meadow of brown grass with scattered ponderosa pine behind. Smoke rises from a line of fire burning grass among the firefighters.
Front Country Prescribed Fire test fire, November 1

Firefighters 

A test fire is the last check that fuels and weather conditions are conducive to achieving the stated results of the prescribed fire. The test fire for the Front Country Prescribed Fire started just west of the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. 

Smoke near the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center from the 2018 Beaver Meadows Prescribed Fire
Smoke rises from alongside a roadway during the 2018 Beaver Meadows prescribed fire in Rocky Mountain National Park; two signs are in the foreground along the roadway. One reads 'fire information,' the other is a large sign that says Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. A mountain with trees is in the background and smoke is rising from the trees in front of the mountain.
Smoke rises from alongside a roadway during the 2018 Beaver Meadows prescribed fire in Rocky Mountain National Park; two signs are in the foreground along the roadway. One reads 'fire information,' the other is a large sign that says Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. A mountain with trees is in the background and smoke is rising from the trees in front of the mountain.
Smoke near the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center from the 2018 Beaver Meadows Prescribed Fire

Smoke rises alongside Highway 36 from the 2018 Beaver Meadows prescribed fire in Rocky Mountain National Park. [File Photo]

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