A Short Drive on Hwy 299 Shows Some of the Devastation Left by the Helena Fire
Cathy Danel rode with her husband westbound on Hwy 299 today through some of the burned over areas from the Helena Fire. She shared the video with us telling us, “I started at Lime Point just past the Bigfoot Campground and went by the Trinity Canton Lodge which was destroyed.”
Earlier Chapters on the Helena Fire:
- Hwy 299 Closed at Helena Due to Fire
- A 17-Year-Old Mendocino Girl Recounts How She and Friends Fled the Helena Fire in Trinity County
- Hwy 299 Still Closed After 6000 Acre Wildfire Burned Homes and Sent Around 2000 Residents Fleeing
- Smoke Levels Near Helena Fire on 299 Are Hazardous
- Helena: Maps and 299 to Remain Closed
- Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency for Trinity County Due to Wildfire
- Helena Fire Disrupts Frontier Communications’ Service
- Helena Fire Pushes Toward Junction City After Destroying Over 140 Structures; Fork Fire Spreads West
- Helena and Fork Fires: Maps and Morning Update
- As Their Home Burns in the Helena Fire, a Mother and Daughter Are Saved by Passing Heros
- 299 to Open Twice This Evening
- Hwy 299 to Open Multiple Times Today
- Helena: Containment Creeps Upwards in Some Areas But Fire Continues to Expand
- Schools Closed Due to Smoke or Wildfires
- Is the Helena Fire Impacting You? Trinity County and CalOES Has a Place to Help
- Hwy 299 Will Again Be Open for Only Brief Periods Tuesday
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Oh no. Was such a beautiful spot on the highway.
I couldn’t hear the name of the motel that burnt. If anyone knows I’d appreciate it. My Grandparents honeymooned their 85 yrs.ago.im in tears wondering.Big flat?
Trinity Canyon Lodge.
http://www.trinitycanyonlodge.com
Thanks for your information I knew the kind folks on this thread would know. This wasn’t the one I’m looking for,but what a shame for the trinity lodge my heart goes out to them and glad they made it out.
As far as I know, it’s the only place that might qualify as a motel. Bigfoot RV and campground is the only other place along that stretch that offers lodging of any sort.
It’s probably still there.its super old and not sure if they are even open. Last time I went by it was. But who knows in this sad economy 😲.you’ve been kind
Was that in the area of the Staw House?
Maybe all the people who protest the cutting down of trees should get out there and help with clean up and replanting… oh wait, thats right, they only protest if they get paid… too bad they don’t actually care about the earth enough to help with clean up and replanting!
Most of what burned is digger pine, ponderosa pine, some oak(mostly the poison kind) and scrub…. not marketable timber.
Laya, ignorance doesn’t justify spite. People who protest cutting down trees don’t protest thinning for fire protection, they protest clearcutting and poorly planned cuts in general, that results in scrubby, poorly thinned tinder like is left on much of these slopes. Also, how much clearing and thinning have you done? I’d guess none, but who knows, maybe you are an environmentalist at heart.