The Wallow Fire is still burning but is growing less and less each day. We are starting to see pictures of what the area now looks like. Escudilla Mountain is one of the areas that burned. Escudilla is the 3rd largest mountain in Arizona at nearly 11,000 feet in elevation. Escudilla was a beautiful mountain covered in a mix of conifers and aspens as well as high meadows. It was known as one of the best places to see the changes in the colors of the aspen leaves. The pictures of what it now looks like are very sad.
This is a picture taken from the lookout tower on top of Escudilla, looking south.
This picture was taken from the air, looking at the same view, with the lookout tower where the other photo was taken in the foreground. We can only hope that the rest of the fire was not as intense and that some of the forest survived.
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