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Blacktail Canyon

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Unit Information

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest 
420 Barrett St 
Dillon, 
Montana 
59725 
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest 
420 Barrett St 
Dillon, 
Montana 
59725 

Incident Contacts

  • Fire Information
    Email:
    2024.Blacktailcanyon@firenet.gov
    Phone:
    406-865-0941
    Hours:
    8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Photographs Gallery

Wisdom RD Mules
Dark brown mule leads a string of mules through a forested landscape, with large packs. Green grass and conifer trees on both sides of the pack string.
Dark brown mule leads a string of mules through a forested landscape, with large packs. Green grass and conifer trees on both sides of the pack string.
Wisdom RD Mules

Wisdom Ranger District mule string packing out medical equipment from the Blacktail Canyon helipots.

Wisdom RD mule with medical equipment
Mule loaded with packs containing medical equipment, including a spine board.
Mule loaded with packs containing medical equipment, including a spine board.
Wisdom RD mule with medical equipment

Wisdom Ranger District mule string packing out medical equipment from the Blacktail Canyon helipots.

Wisdom RD mule pack string with medical equipment
String of pack mules walking through a burned forest, with packs full of medical supplies on their backs.
String of pack mules walking through a burned forest, with packs full of medical supplies on their backs.
Wisdom RD mule pack string with medical equipment

Wisdom Ranger District mule string packing out medical equipment from the Blacktail Canyon helipots.

Wisdom RD mule string
Mule string packing out medical supplies in their packs, through a burned forested landscape.
Mule string packing out medical supplies in their packs, through a burned forested landscape.
Wisdom RD mule string

Wisdom Ranger District mule string packing out medical equipment from the Blacktail Canyon helipots.

Wisdom RD mules
Dark brown mule leads a pack of other mules through a burned area in a forested setting. Large packs of medical gear loaded on their backs. Blue skies and green trees in the background.
Dark brown mule leads a pack of other mules through a burned area in a forested setting. Large packs of medical gear loaded on their backs. Blue skies and green trees in the background.
Wisdom RD mules

Wisdom Ranger District mule string packing out medical equipment from the Blacktail Canyon helipots.

Wisdom RD mule string
Pack string of mules packing out medical supplies through a forest landscape. Several mules walking behind one another with large packs on their sides.
Pack string of mules packing out medical supplies through a forest landscape. Several mules walking behind one another with large packs on their sides.
Wisdom RD mule string

Wisdom Ranger District mule string packing out medical equipment from the Blacktail Canyon helipots.

Wisdom RD pack string
Pack string walking through a forested landscape that just burned in a wildfire. Trail snakes through the burned area, with ash on the ground and burned trees in the background.
Pack string walking through a forested landscape that just burned in a wildfire. Trail snakes through the burned area, with ash on the ground and burned trees in the background.
Wisdom RD pack string

Wisdom Ranger District mule string packing out medical equipment from the Blacktail Canyon helipots.

Fireline and mop-up operations on the Blacktail Canyon Fire
forest where a fire burned through recently. fireline snakes through the middle, with a burned hot spot next to the line on the right side.
forest where a fire burned through recently. fireline snakes through the middle, with a burned hot spot next to the line on the right side.
Fireline and mop-up operations on the Blacktail Canyon Fire

Fireline and mop-up operations on the Blacktail Canyon Fire outside Butte, MT.

Steep, rocky terrain on the Blacktail Canyon fire
Recently burned forest landscape, with gray skies over green trees and boulders
Recently burned forest landscape, with gray skies over green trees and boulders
Steep, rocky terrain on the Blacktail Canyon fire

Steep, rocky terrain on the Blacktail Canyon fire

Blacktail Canyon Fire Terrain
Large boulders in a forest landscape where a fire burned through recently. Burned and unburned conifer trees in the background, with gray cloudy skies.
Large boulders in a forest landscape where a fire burned through recently. Burned and unburned conifer trees in the background, with gray cloudy skies.
Blacktail Canyon Fire Terrain

Steep and rocky terrain on the Blacktail Canyon Fire outside Butte, MT

Blacktail Canyon Fire Fuel Conditions
Forested landscape where a fire burned through recently. Steep terrain with large boulders present, and green conifer trees in the background.
Forested landscape where a fire burned through recently. Steep terrain with large boulders present, and green conifer trees in the background.
Blacktail Canyon Fire Fuel Conditions

Fuel conditions on the Blacktail Canyon Fire outside Butte, MT

Handline on the Blacktail Canyon Fire
Forested area with red fire retardant line on the left, constructed handline down to bare mineral soil in the middle, and ash and burned area on the right.
Forested area with red fire retardant line on the left, constructed handline down to bare mineral soil in the middle, and ash and burned area on the right.
Handline on the Blacktail Canyon Fire

Handline constructed by crews, adjacent to fire retardant on the left and burned area on the right.

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